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MHG59981 - Ring ditch house - Tom Na Moine

Summary

A ring ditch house at Tom Na Moine.

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A ring ditch house at Tom Na Moine. It lies to the east of three hut circles. All were recorded by RCAHMS in 2006. See MHG49829, MHG59979 and MHG59980 for the hut circles.

A group of three hut-circles and a possible ring-ditch house are situated on a broad terrace in moorland 270m NW of Dorback Lodge. The hut-circles lie at the SW end of a large area of clearance cairns, measuring up to 5m in diameter, which extends upslope to the NE, and is bounded by boggy ground to the NW and woodland to the SE. The terrace is heather-grown with occasional patches of grass, and the entire area is littered with tree-throws. The possible ring-ditch house (NJ 07673 17065), which lies 90m E of the hut-circles, is situated on a gentle N-facing slope and measures about 11m in diameter over a shallow ditch up to 2.7m in breadth. A low external bank is visible on the E and there is an entrance on the N. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, TP) 10 August 2006. <1>

The site is just about visible on 2010 vertical APs. <2>

GIS spatial data amended in 2019 according to location as seen on 2010 APs.

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Grid reference	Centred NJ 0767 1706 (18m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NJ01NE
Civil Parish	ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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