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Cnoc Cairaidh, Achnagarron, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on an area with hut-circles, a field-system and possible cord rig. A hut-circle, small cairns and a farmstead are visible in ...
SC 1692977
Description Cnoc Cairaidh, Achnagarron, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on an area with hut-circles, a field-system and possible cord rig. A hut-circle, small cairns and a farmstead are visible in the top half of the photograph.
Date 23/6/1995
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1692977
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 46311
Scope and Content Cnoc Cairaidh, Glenelg farmstead and Achnagarron, Highland Achnagarron is situated near Rogart in the Highland region of Scotland. It forms part of a wide area of moorland scattered with numerous remains such as hut circles, standing stones, field systems and cairns. Cnoc Cairaidh, meaning 'mossy hill', is the site of a group of these hut circles dating from later prehistoric times. Glenelg farmsteading is a more recent farm on improved land nearby, which is still in use today. This shows Glenelg farmstead within its rectangle of improved land (top). The rough land in the centre of the image is the area known as Cnoc Cairaidh. Within this area of dark heather can be seen the form of a low stone wall, probably part of an enclosure, and the shapes of several hut circles. Achnagarran begins on the land to the top right of the image, and contains standing stones and small cairns. This land, now so desolate and empty of buildings was a thriving community in the later Bronze age. The landscape records the shapes of the circular huts where people lived, the cairns created during field improvements, and ritual features such as standing stones (perhaps dating from the early Bronze age). All this activity suggests the area was once fertile and productive, and has since deteriorated to the rough moorland and marsh visible today. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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