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MHG62185 - Building - Claiginn, Urchany

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Ruined building, Claiginn, Urchany

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A township comprising nine unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876-81, sheet ix). Three unroofed buildings, an enclosure and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 May 1996

The North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) undertook an archaeological survey of Urchany in 2015.

Claiginn Township. Four buildings are clustered at the northern base of the ridge, below the bowl barrow, in an area that is now wet with predominant reeds and rank heather.

Site B165; Stone and turf building. This building lies SSW-NNE, 7m x 3m, at the northern end of the cluster. Its northern end is rounded and narrower than the southern end. The stone walls, up to 0.4m high, are covered in heather and moss. Some of the rocks from which the walls are formed are massive, particularly at the SW corner, see Fig 257. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 aerial photographs. <2>

1st Edition OS 6" <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4424 4556 (10m by 9m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44NW
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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