Aerial view of Allt na Criche, Strath Sgitheach abraded tracks and boundary bank, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking NW.

Description Aerial view of Allt na Criche, Strath Sgitheach abraded tracks and boundary bank, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking NW.

Date 22/1/2010

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number DP 341934

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content The linear boundary bank or dyke shown here has no boundary stones marked unlike the boundary to the W, as shown on the OS 1st edition. The track/s, approximately paralleling the Allt na Criche, on the 1880 OS Its edition peter out in Coire Buidhe and possibly relate to peat cuttings. However HC HER MHG29193 records a possible droving inn at NH 51922 63122 which may suggest a more ancient route. An enclosure is visible on this photo and on Bing and Pastmap aerial mapping in the wood to E, centred at NH 52177 63032. A cup-marked stone Canmore 12923 has been recorded in the SE corner of this enclosure. Both Bing and Pastmap aerial mapping show extensive broad rig cultivation in this area, presumably contemporary with the more obvious area of cultivation further to the E centred at NH 51985 63554. At the time of the 1st edition OS map this area was more heavily wooded confirming that this cultivation is likely to be 18th century or earlier. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2020/58

External Reference D1579

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2104195

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