Glacour
Building (Period Unassigned), Slit Trench (Second World War), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glacour
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Slit Trench (Second World War), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 103114
Site Number NH35SW 2
NGR NH 3320 5480
NGR Description Centred on NH 3320 5480
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Contin
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH35SW 2 centred on 3320 5480
A township comprising seven roofed buildings, two unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxvi). Five roofed buildings, two unroofed structures and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 5 March 1996.
Srp Note (14 January 2011)
The former township of Glacour (Glaic Odhar) is located on the S side of the River Meig. Currently two roofed cottages lie within an extensive area of improved ground which is enclosed. The remains of the former township lie outside the enclosure area on marginal ground, forming two groups, one to the SE the other to the SW. A total of ten buildings (NOSAS site survey numbers 745,747-749,751,753- 757) an enclosure (750), a clapper bridge (746) and what appear to be slit trenches (752) dating from WW2.
Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 3 Report (page 49 – 53 & 51) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.
