Field Visit
Date 14 April 2007 - 14 May 2007
Event ID 612062
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612062
NM 58400 48675, NM 58381 48692 and NM 58341 48711
A visit to the scheduled site of Caisteal nan Con (NM54NE 3), a 17th-century tower house on the site of an earlier fort, identified the remains of three structures not included in the RCAHMS report. Sites indentified were:
Structures associated with Caisteal nan Con
NM 58400 48675
Boulder footings of a roughly rectangular structure with dimensions of 4.1 x 2.8m, and wall width of 0.6m.
NM 58381 48692
Boulder footings of a roughly oval structure with dimensions of 4.8 x 3.4m, and wall width from 0.6-1m.
NM 58341 48711
Remains of small rectangular structure which is heavily over grown with grasses and moss with dimensions of 1.5 x 1.8m.
Report to be deposited with RCAHMS and Highland SMR in due course.
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and The Caledonian Research Foundation.
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