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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/110100
- Council Highland
- Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
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.
