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MHG62084 - Clearance cairn - Urchany (Allt na Criche)

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Probable clearance cairn, Urchany (Allt na Criche)

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Depop., cairns, etc.
OS 6"map annotated by A L F Rivet (nd)
The field system, partly overlaid by a depopulated steading, is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets and walls forming fields varying in size from about 15 m by 10 m to about 50 m by 30 m.
Divorced survey at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 March 1970

(Name: NH 4555 4550) Settlement & Field System (NR)
OS 1/10,000map, (1975)

This unenclosed settlement comprises the remains of four oval stone-walled houses and two scarped platforms which may represent the sites of timber houses. In the vicinity there are several other platforms of unknown function and also extensive remains of stone clearance, some of which may be of relatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1979 <1>

The North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) undertook an archaeological survey of Urchany in 2015. A number of probable clearance cairns were recorded, many of which are amorphous unstructured mounds of stones on the edge of what was previously ploughed southfacing land. These were classified as clearance cairns.

Site C19; Pile of stones. Clearance cairn. Oval c5m x 3m diameter, <0.5m high. <2>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location approximate. (T. Blackie 2/10/20)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4521 4582 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44NE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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