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MHG7951 - Crannog, Aird Mhor

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NG88SE 9 8816 8024 to 8814 8021.
There is a crannog on Loch Kernsary.
J H Dixon 1886.

At NG 8816 8024, 10m from S shore of Loch Kernsary, there is a flat-topped, heather-covered crannog, planted with coniferous trees, measuring 30m N-S by 23m E-W. It is built of loose rubble stones piled 1.7m high against natural rocks to be seen above the water-level in NW of crannog. A deep channel divides it from the mainland and no causeway is visible.
About 20m SW of crannog on a shelf in open moorland, approx. 50ft. OD. are the bracken-covered remains of a boat-shaped dry-stone building measuring 10m x 5m internally. The walls are 1.2m thick and 0.7m average height the faces being defined by large unhewn kerbstones. The entrance is in rounded "bows" facing crannog in NE, and is formed by two rough orthostats, 0.8m high and approx 0.3m square. The building appears more roughly constructed and of greater age than the normal depopulated farmhouse, and is probably contemporary with the crannog.
Visited by OS (N K B) 31 March 1965.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8816 8024 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG88SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	GAIRLOCH

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