MHG63024 - Linear earthworks - Fanellan
Summary
Traces of linear earthworks at Fanellan.
Type and Period (2)
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (Unknown date)
- BUILDING (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. Fanellan.
On a knoll and partly obscured by whins are traces of linear earthworks and on the flat ground below at the north side are the footings of a turf walled rectangular building. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <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.217. XY
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4816 4286 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH44SE |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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