MHG62989 - Earthwork and enclosure - Eskadale
Summary
An earthwork and enclosure at Eskadale.
Type and Period (2)
- EARTHWORK (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Eskadale.
In scrub woodland, a half mile S.W. of Hughton crossroads and at the foot of a short slope down from the public road, there is the corner of an enclosure. It is a right angled earthwork of straight alignment with its ditch on the outside, and cut off at right angles by a later arable field boundary ditch 17 yards down from the corner. The rampart runs north eastwards from the corner for 16 yards where there is a 3 yards wide entrance gap; it then continues in the same straight line for another 70 yards where the field ditch, which is parallel with the road, cuts it off at an angle. <1>
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates and site description. (T. Blackie 31/07/23)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4692 4108 (30m by 30m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH44SE |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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