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An oblique aerial view of the main settlement of Urchany, near Kilmorack, looking WSW.

DP 343507

Description An oblique aerial view of the main settlement of Urchany, near Kilmorack, looking WSW.

Date 8/4/2015

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

Catalogue Number DP 343507

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content The image is centred on the ruins of the main settlement at Urchany, called Claiginn on old estate maps. The remains of two enclosures and three dwellings are clearly seen, although there are less conspicuous remains identified during an extensive survey of the area by North of Scotland Archaeological Society in 2015. Just below the centre of the photo, above the rhomboidal enclosure, is a scheduled bowl barrow, probably Bronze Age. The Breakachy Burn runs from bottom R to top L. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2020/58

External Reference D3395

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2108794

File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap

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