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Forest Hill

Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Natural Feature (Period Unknown)

Site Name Forest Hill

Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Natural Feature (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Muir Of Ord

Canmore ID 12669

Site Number NH54NW 11

NGR NH 5250 4980

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urray (Ross And Cromarty)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH54NW 11 5250 4980.

At NH 52504980 is an oval mound 13-15ft. high, and measuring 107ft. E-W x 73ft N-S overall. The base of the mound, which may be at least partly natural, is surrounded by a ditch and an outer bank, the latter being about 12ft. wide and averaging 2ft. high. The flat top of the mound measures 40ft x 22ft.

It would appear to be a motte.

Information from A A Woodham to OS 8 June 1965

As described above, but it is probably a natural mound with tree-ring around the base and not a motte.

Visited by OS (A C) 20 July 1965

Omitted from Black Isle List

Accepted as motte.

P A Yeoman 1988.

Activities

Archaeological Evaluation (2004)

NH 524 498 Desk-based assessment, archaeological field evaluation and monitoring of site stripping were carried out on a site adjoining a mound recorded as a possible motte (NH54NW 11). No evidence was found of either Neolithic or medieval activity. The site appears to be a natural feature, accentuated by ploughing and the dumping of field clearance stones in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Sponsors: Mr & Mrs Urquhart.

J Wood 2004

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