MHG63031 - Ditch or sunken road - Muir of Clunes
Summary
A straight flat-bottomed ditch or sunken road at Muir of Clunes.
Type and Period (2)
- DITCH? (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ROAD? (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. No. 2 Muir of Clunes .
Fifteen yards from and parallel to the roadside fence there runs throughout the extent of a birch wood for 75 yards a straight flat-bottomed ditch or sunken road which is buried beneath a depth of soil. The edge of the levelled upcast at each side is 4 yards apart. <1>
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates and site description. (T. Blackie 14/08/23)
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.221. 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 5546 4185 (14m by 82m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SE |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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