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Preas Dubh
Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Preas Dubh
Classification Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Duntelchaig
Canmore ID 13258
Site Number NH63SW 26
NGR NH 6357 3242
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13258
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63SW 26 6357 3242.
(NH 6357 3245) A cairn 18 ft diameter 2 ft high defaced by a trench from the west side to the centre leaving a horse-shoe shaped mound. Information from A A Woodham to OS 9 August 1963.
This is an old corn-drying kiln.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 February 1970.
Field Visit (17 November 1992)
What may be a kiln occupies a rocky outcrop within deciduous woodland at the NE end of Loch Duntelchaig; it measures about 2m from NE to SW by 0.5m transversely within a rubble-walled structure, faced on the inside, some 0.6m in height and spread to about 1.75m in thickness, which is open to the SW.
(USN93 227)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 17 November 1992.
