Tordarroch
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tordarroch
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13225
Site Number NH63SE 42
NGR NH 6786 3316
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13225
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63SE 42 6781 3325
This crescentic low mound is 0.5m high c. 4.5m in diameter, with a hollow on the SW side. It is located by the side of the small burn, which is now a boggy patch, that separates hut NH63SE 27 from the other huts of the group. Presumably this is contemporary with the occupation of the settlement NH63SE 27.
Information from Driscoll 1989 (see archive MS/550, 4)
Project (July 1989)
Pre-afforestation survey undertaken in Tordarroch, Davoit and Dunlichty, Inverness, commissioned by Historic Buildings and Monuments, Scottish Development department.
S T Driscoll, 1989.
Field Visit (1989)
This crescentic low mound is 0.5m high c. 4.5m in diameter, with a hollow on the SW side. It is located by the side of the small burn, which is now a boggy patch, that separates hut NH63SE 27 from the other huts of the group. Presumably this is contemporary with the occupation of the settlement NH63SE 27.
Information from Driscoll 1989 (see archive MS/550, 4)
Field Visit (15 March 1993)
This heather-covered, U-shaped mound sits on the SE edge of an area of boggy ground. It measures 6.7m from NNW to SSE by 6.2m transversely, and stands 0.6m high. The removal of a turf confirmed that it contains burnt stone and charcoal. A hollow on the WSW side presumably indicates the position of a trough.
(USN93 300)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 15 March 1993.
