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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 847771

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/847771

NM75NE 7 7715 5862

Depopulated settlement

NM 7715 5862 Rectangular stone and turf structure with rounded corners, 8m N-S by 3m, recessed into the hillside; ditch, 1.2m wide, providing drainage to the rear. Below are the fragmentary remains of two contiguous enclosures containing slightly irregular lazy beds. The lower dyke runs along the top of the formation cut of the old road to Lochaline.

Sponsor: Sunart Oakwoods Research Group.

J E Kirby and M Gascoigne 2004

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