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Conan Mains
Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Conan Mains
Classification Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 12851
Site Number NH55SW 19
NGR NH 5320 5360
NGR Description From NH 5320 5360 to NH 5324 5358
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12851
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (June 1979)
Conan Mains NH 532 536 NH55SW
Air photography has revealed the crop-marks of a ring-ditch and a pit-circle among indeterminate crop-markings N of Conan Mains farmsteading. The ring-ditch measures about 12m in diameter; the pit-circle lies 16m to the NW and measures about 10m in diameter. Visible on RCAHMS APs, 1977, 1978
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (21 February 2014)
This pit circle may be the remains of a ceremonial timber circle or a later prehistoric roundhouse.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 21 February 2014