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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 662735
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/662735
NH67NE 7 69 75.
Close to the Ceann Righ or King's Head Cairn, the foundation of a large castle or building can be traced. The building is said to have been the old mansion house of the property.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; J Noble 1909.
No trace of a castle or mansion could be found in the area, which is now occupied by a dense birch wood.
The depopulation remains behind the croft at NH 700 752 may have led to the above reports, though there is no evidence of there having been a substantial building there.
Visited by OS (R D L) 13 May 1963.
