Archaeology Notes

Event ID 777703

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG72NE 54 Centred on 7855 2945

NG 780 300 (centre) In the springs of 1995 and 1996 a field survey was carried out on the NTS Balmacara Estate. The estate covers approximately 22.5 sqkm of the Lochalsh peninsula. It lies largely within the points of a triangle formed by Kyle in the SW, Plockton in the N and Balmacara in the SE. The range of topographic variation found within the estate largely reflects that found on the W coast of Scotland generally. The range of sites found during the survey reflects this topographic variation.

During two seasons of survey 109 new sites were recorded. A full report is lodged with the NMRS.

1995

NG 7844 2974 Cell structure 2m diameter.

NG 7836 2936 Four turf-built cell structures all 5 x 4m.

NG 7831 2945 ?Hut circle 7m diameter, no obvious entrance.

NG 7875 2930 Cell structure 4 x 3m.

Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland

M Wildgoose 1996