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Wester Portclair

Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Wester Portclair

Classification Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 110100

Site Number NH41SW 4

NGR NH 411 136

NGR Description Centred NH 411 136

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Activities

Field Visit (16 February 2013 - 3 March 2013)

NH 40571 13075 (centred on) A desk-based assessment and walkover survey was carried out, 16 February – 3 March 2013, in advance of proposed tree felling along the A82 trunk road. The survey identified 46 previously unrecorded archaeological sites, including post-medieval settlement, boundary walls and clearance cairns.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: Highland HER and OASIS

Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland

Steven Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services, Lynn Fraser and Mary Peteranna - Ross and Cromarty Archaeological Services, 2013

(Source: DES)

Note

A township, comprising four unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet lxviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 3 June 1996.

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