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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 854770
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/854770
NJ01NE 27 NJ 09277 17452.
This limekiln has been set into the W face of a low rise 200m NNE of Fae (NJ01NE 47). Rectangular on plan, it measures 3.5m from ESE to WNW by 2m transversely within rubble walls that stand up to 2.6m in height on the WNW, where the top courses of the wall are corbelled At the foot of the WNW face there is a low arched opening. In places the inner face of the kiln has been vitrified. The kiln is first depicted on 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1902, sheet LX).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 9 August 2006.
