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MHG62719 - Building - Placht na Vouchan, Allt Liath

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The remains of a roofed building at Placht na Vouchan.

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R. Spencer-Jones and S. North of NOSAS conducted a walkover survey of this area of Urchany on 27/02/19 based of features identified on an 1800 map in the Lovat Estate collection.

Placht na Vouchan, Allt Liath
Two roofed buildings are shown about 2.8kms west of Coulnabottach, the upper settlement of Urchany, on the banks of a small burn (Ault Clacht a Hurn). This burn is called Allt Liath on modern OS maps and feeds into the Breakachy Burn. To the east of the burn is a small heathery mound, with two shieling sites to the east of this. To the south of the two buildings is a large area of flat ground, now covered in rushes, around which the burn curves concavely to the east. This could previously have been a meadow. (Placht is gaelic for flat place).

Placht na Vouchan 1; This building is situated about 5m higher and 10m to the west of Placht na Vouchan 2. The stone-and-turf walls are approx. 0.4m high, with an entrance 1m from the east end of the southern wall. The building, 4m x 3m, is orientated to the east. <1><2>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 28/11/22)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4185 4577 (8m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	KILMORACK

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