MHG62152 - Still hut - Allt na Criche, Urchany
Summary
Ruined still hut, Allt na Criche, Urchany
Type and Period (2)
- STILL (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- HUT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) undertook an archaeological survey of Urchany in 2015.
Site B05; A small building related to whisky production. The scant remains of a small building, set to the south side of a small grass-and-bracken covered haugh beside the Allt na Criche, is in association with B04 (see MHG62151), 40m to the north. The roughly circular structure, with single-boulder width walls and c1.5m internal diameter, lies beside a turf and stone bank behind a ridge to the west. The entrance is in the north. This seems too small and crude to have been a dwelling, so it is interpreted as a building for one of the whisky making processes such as worts production, in which case 'a worts house'. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2015 aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG28596 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Spencer-Jones, R.. 2020. A NoSAS Survey of the Lands of Urchany: A Multi-period Settlement on the Braes West of Beauly: 6th-10th April 2015. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital. p.50,53 Site B05, figures 141,151. XY
- <2> SHG27328 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2015. Getmapping aerial photography 2015.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4571 4589 (2m by 2m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH44NE |
| Civil Parish | KILMORACK |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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