Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Gallow Hill
Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12779
Site Number NH55NE 8
NGR NH 5776 5632
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12779
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (June 1979)
Gallow Hill NH 577 563 NH55NE
Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of a ring-ditch 240m S of Mulchaich farmhouse; it measures about 8m in diameter. Visible on RCAHMS AP flown 1976.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
Archaeological Evaluation (13 March 2008)
A watching brief was carried out on 13 March 2008 in three locations, NH 5748 5673 – Mulchaich Farm, NH5770
5630 – ring ditch S of Mulchaich Farm and NH 5766 5679 – Mulchaich chambered cairn and cup-marked stone. A mechanical excavator dug four linear trenches and two box trenches, covering over 10% of the development area. Topsoil in the trenches was hand excavated to reveal the subsoil. No archaeological deposits or features were recorded.
Archive: Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Funder: Alan MacDonald
Brendan Malone (Highland Archaeology Services Ltd), 2008
