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Back Of Keppoch
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Back Of Keppoch
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 118337
Site Number NM68NW 7
NGR NM 649 880
NGR Description centred on NM 649 880
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM68NW 7 centred on 649 880
A crofting township comprising fifty-five roofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, two partially roofed buildings, four unroofed buildings, seven enclosures and some field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet cxx). Forty-one roofed, three unroofed buildings, twelve enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 August 1996
NM 6790 9194 (Kinsadel) - NM 6639 8656 (Arisaig) Field survey, test pitting and monitoring of trial pitting was carried out in advance of a proposed road alignment of the A830 between Kinsadel and Arisaig. Forty-four sites were identified by desk-based assessment and field survey. Two possible prehistoric sites were discovered, including a possible burial cairn (NM 6634 8651) which comprised a mound measuring 12m in diameter and c 2-3m high, on the summit of a natural knoll. Numerous post-medieval sites were recorded, ranging from single enclosures, shielings, field banks/dykes, rig and furrow cultivation, terrace cultivation and clearance cairns, to an extensive post-medieval relict township at Achriag (NM 6580 8787). The township incorporated the remains of several rectangular buildings, field systems, clearance cairns, trackways, enclosures and paths.
A report will be deposited with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland on behalf of the SE Development Department Transport Planning.
A Rees 2000
NM 6639 8656 (Arisaig) to NM 6790 9194 (Kinsadel) Following field survey and test pitting (DES 2000, 47), evaluation work was undertaken on seven sites.
NM 658 878 Site 15 (settlement). Four different structures were investigated in an attempt to identify phases of settlement pre-dating the structures mapped in the 1870s. All four structures, which were small heavily robbed enclosures and buildings, yielded assemblages of early to mid-19th-century artefacts. No evidence was obtained for settlement pre-dating the 19th century.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
S Halliday 2001
