MHG8974 - Enclosure - SW of former Swordale School
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH56NE 16 576 656.
NH 576 656. Enclosure (Site), Swordale: The crop-mark of an oval enclosure has been recorded 150 m SW of Swordale school. It measures c18 m from E-W by 10 m transversely. There is nothing visible on the ground.
Visible on RCAHMS air photographs RC 1776 (flown 1977).
RCAHMS 1979, visited 1978. <1>
A proposed housing development threatened an enclosure identified in 1977 as a cropmark feature. Trial trenching failed to find any trace of an enclosure ditch and it must be presumed to have been a shallow-ditched feature which is now ploughed out. The area of the cropmark will remain as a protected feature in the new housing development. <2> <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 24, No. 201.
- <2> SHG20919 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J.. 1997. An Archaeological Assessment of a Cropmark Feature at Swordale, Evanton. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 19/09/1997.
- <3> SHG1598 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1997. 'Swordale (Kiltearn parish), enclosure cropmark', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1997, p.48. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 48. 48.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5761 6566 (60m by 60m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH56NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12879 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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