MHG63023 - Sunken track - Fairy Glen Wood
Summary
A sunken track can be traced for over 200 yards in Fairy Glen Wood
Type and Period (1)
- TRACK (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. Fairy Glen Wood.
Running down through the wood from near the Lyne road end is a sunken track which can be traced with certainty for over 200 yards. This may have been the old route before the present road was built. <1>
Ordnance Survey Mastermap <2>
1st Edition OS 6" <3>
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on Ordnance Survey Mastermap. <2> (T. Blackie 11/8/23)
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG2356 Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. Appendix 1b No.215. XY
- <2> SHG23361 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Mastermap. Digital.
- <3> SHG23755 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1873-6. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Inverness-shire. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5568 4278 (50m by 50m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SE |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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