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Coire Sgoilte
Charcoal Burning Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Coire Sgoilte
Classification Charcoal Burning Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 120326
Site Number NN16SE 48
NGR NN 1592 6121
NGR Description NN 1592 6121 and NN 1596 6118
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NN16SE 48 1592 6121 and 1596 6118
Two possible charcoal burning platforms (NMRS MS 738/31, nos.44 and 46), situated on lower, N-facing slopes of Coire Sgoilte, were recorded during a pre-afforestation survey by AOC (Scotland Ltd). That to the NW (NMRS MS 738/31, no.44) is situated on a steep slope and measures 11m from E to W by 9.2m. It is levelled into the hillside to a depth of 1.7m at the rear and terraced out, on the downhill side, to a height of 1.5m and faced with a drystone revetment.
The second platform (NMRS MS 738/31, no.46) lies upslope, some 100m to the SE is poorly preserved. It survives as a washed out platform defined by a 10m long curving dyke or revetment which is one course, or 0.3m high. A flood run-off course runs into the back of this feature.
C Burgess (AOC (Scotland Ltd)) March 1996; NMRS MS 738/31 nos.44 and 46 (34/2-3)
