Archaeology Notes

Event ID 660105

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH18NE 9 1843 8583 (Centred).

In the area centred at NH 185 857 there is a deserted township known as Inverlael, (Visible on air photographs RAF CPE/Scot/321:3301-2) comprising the remains of about 63 rectangular dry-stone buildings, varying in height from grass-covered footings, 0.2m high to 1.3m high, several field walls and enclosures, maximum height 1.3m, and a corn-drying kiln, 0.8m high. The township lies mainly in pastureland, although the eastern area is densely afforested.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 16 October 1964

'No visible remains of former village' (at NH 186 858). However, 'building and house foundations' at NH 186 856; 'kiln' at NH 186 855; 'foundation' at NH 187 854; and 'longhouse and bothy' at NH 188 854, all within the boundaries of Inverlael, are listed, but no details given.

D W Ross 1990.

A township, comprising thirty unroofed structures, of which twelve are buildings, three enclosures, a field-system and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire & Cromartyshire 1881, sheet xxxv). Fifty-seven unroofed structures, of which at least twelve are buildings, and a field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 17 February 1996.

NH 185 858 Copper-alloy hinged sporran fitting of 18th-century type with ring-dot decoration. Metal detector find associated with MOLRS site.

R G Hanley and J Whitteridge 1996