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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

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

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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

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