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Glencoe, Clachaig

Dyke (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glencoe, Clachaig

Classification Dyke (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 111633

Site Number NN15NW 26

NGR NN 13089 56705

NGR Description Centred NN 13089 56705

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NN15NW 26 centred 13089 56705

An archaeological survey has been undertaken to inform the National Trust for Scotland of the range of archaeological features on their Glencoe Estate, with additional information relating to historic sources, management, interpretation and possibilities for future research.

NN 131 567 Dyke and small enclosure to E on low, flat ground.

Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland

J Harden and J Wordsworth 1996.

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Field Visit (1996)

NN 131 567 Dyke and small enclosure to E on low, flat ground.

Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland

J Harden and J Wordsworth 1996

Field Visit (1996)

A grass covered drystone dyke [spread to c1.5m wide and up to 0.5m high] runs N-S down the hillside from a crag to the Clachaig flood-plain where it transforms into a turf wall as far as the River Coe.

On the flat flood-plain immediately E of this bank is a sub-rectangular turf-walled enclosure which has been cut by the more recent drystone dyked enclosure and apparently destroyed in its E half (unless the dyke runs along the top of the remains of the turf wall). The turf-defined enclosure has sides c90m, c36m and c30m long and has an obvious entrance but no clear evidence of rig or other forms of cultivation.

Immediately E of the more recent dyked enclosure by the old military road are the remains of another sub-square enclosure [c25m square] of grass-covered boulders and stone [c0.4m high and spread to c0.8m wide]. It is possible that this is the enclosure marked on the 1st ed OS map.

(GLE96 078)

Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016

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