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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 832994
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/832994
NJ34NW 31 347 457
NJ 353 480 to NJ 372 457 A desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey were carried out between October and December 2001 in relation to a proposed c 4km2 windfarm application site on moorland on the N side of Drummuir, located around the summits of Hill of Towie, Knockan and Machattie's Cairn. No archaeological sites were previously recorded within this area. The most significant discoveries were a possible, c 8m diameter, turf-walled hut circle on the W slopes of Knockan (NJ 348 454) and the former settlement of Hillhead Croft (NJ 347 457). Other sites discovered include a range of tracks, grouse butts, field boundaries, mounds of potential archaeological origin, a gravel pit and a mill lade.
Report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Renewable Energy Systems Ltd.
K Cameron 2002
