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MHG61540 - Building - Achadh A'Chatha

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Ruined building at Achadh A'Chatha (middle)

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A small township comprising four unroofed buildings and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1872, sheet lxxxvii). Six unroofed buildings and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1994).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 July 1996

A survey of the area around Achadh A'Chatha (middle) was undertaken by members of the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) in 2002. This settlement is situated at a height of 350m on a SW facing "spur" on the east bank of the Raitts Burn. It comprises 6 buildings, 2 enclosures and a platform. An area of improved land lies to the NE of the settlement which has a surrounding earth and stone bank.

Site 18. Rectangular building of 3 compartments on a NE/SW axis. Eastern two compartments are more substantial, middle one is 5m x 2.5m and east one 3.5m x 2.5m internally, both have entrances 0.6m wide in the south wall. The ruined stone walls spread to 1m and rise to 0.6-0.7m(0.8 in places). West compartment is 5m x 3m internally, and walls although very evident are less substantial, south wall being almost non-existent and west wall 0.4m high. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2017 aerial photographs <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7814 0377 (15m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH70SE
Civil Parish	KINGUSSIE AND INSH
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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