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Garbeg
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Garbeg
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Drumnadrochit
Canmore ID 12640
Site Number NH53SW 20
NGR NH 51292 31892
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12640
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH53SW 20 51292 31892
At NH 513 318, close by the east bank of a burn at the edge of two field systems associated with settlements of hut circles (See NH53SW 10 & 11) is an oval burnt mound measuring about 16.0m across and over 1.0m high, with a central depression. Erosion of vegetation reveals a content of heat-stained, friable stones. Site discovered and pointed out by Mr Younie (Mr J Younie, farmer, Garbeg)
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 Feburary 1979
An oval structure of curious shape, perhaps a burnt mound, or a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age house with side chambers, about 2m above the NE bank of the Allt Tarbh, and about 25-30m from a good spring source
Information from R B Gourley (Highland Region Archaeologist) to OS 7 December 1984
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated in birch woodland on the E bank of an unnamed tributary of the Allt Tarbh to the NE of Garbeg. It is covered in bracken and measures 12.2m from NE to SW by 9.8m transversely and up to 1m in height. The hollow in the centre of the mound that measures some 3m across, and opens on to the burn through a narrow gap on the SE.
(URQ97 148)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 November 1997
Field Visit (21 February 1979)
At NH 513 318, close by the east bank of a burn at the edge of two field systems associated with settlements of hut circles (See NH 53 SW 10 & 11) is an oval burnt mound measuring about 16.0m across and over 1.0m high, with a central depression. Erosion of vegetation reveals a content of heat-stained, friable stones. Site discovered and pointed out by Mr Younie (Mr J Younie, farmer, Garbeg)
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 Feburary 1979
Field Visit (7 December 1984)
An oval structure of curious shape, perhaps a burnt mound, or a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age house with side chambers, about 2m above the NE bank of the Allt Tarbh, and about 25-30m from a good spring source
Information from R B Gourley (Highland Region Archaeologist) to OS 7 December 1984
Field Visit (4 November 1997)
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated in birch woodland on the E bank of an unnamed tributary of the Allt Tarbh to the NE of Garbeg. It is covered in bracken and measures 12.2m from NE to SW by 9.8m transversely and up to 1m in height. The hollow in the centre of the mound that measures some 3m across, and opens on to the burn through a narrow gap on the SE.
(URQ97 148)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 November 1997
Field Visit (4 November 1997)
NH53SW 20 51292 31892
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated in birch woodland on the E bank of an unnamed tributary of the Allt Tarbh to the NE of Garbeg. It is covered in bracken and measures 12.2m from NE to SW by 9.8m transversely and up to 1m in height. The hollow in the centre of the mound that measures some 3m across, and opens on to the burn through a narrow gap on the SE.
(URQ97 148)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 November 1997
