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Backharn
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Backharn
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bachcharn
Canmore ID 116920
Site Number NJ02SW 20
NGR NJ 0276 2276
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116920
- Council Highland
- Parish Abernethy And Kincardine
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NJ02SW 20 NJ 0276 2276.
An unroofed building lying within an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet xlviA), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAMHS (SAH) 18 July 1996.
This building is situated in woodland 130m S of the house at Backharn (NJ02SW 19). Rectangular on plan, it measures about 9m from NNE to SSW by 4m transversely over low, grass-grown footings; the position of the entrance is not apparent. The building, which sits within a small enclosure, is depicted unroofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet XLVIA; 1902, sheet XLVIA).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 28 September 2006.
