MHG63026 - Shelter - Boblainy Wood

Summary

A small crude shelter scooped out of the steep slope in Boblainy Wood.

Type and Period (1)

  • SHELTER (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. Boblainy Wood.
In a forestry ride there appears to be a small crude shelter scooped out of the steep slope and at the side of a large partly sunken stone. There is an entrance in the centre of the slight breast work footings at the front. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 14/08/23)

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4739 3860 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH43NE
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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