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Cnoc Biodaig, West Affric
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc Biodaig, West Affric
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fionngleann West
Canmore ID 137479
Site Number NH01NW 3
NGR NH 0485 1784
NGR Description NH 0485 1784 and NH 0489 1785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/137479
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmorack
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH01NW 3 0485 1784 and 0489 1785
Two buildings, lying immediately S of the track on the SE-facing slope at NH 0485 1784 and NH 0489 1785, were recorded during a survey of the West Affric Estate by J Wordsworth for the National Trust for Scotland. Both buildings measure 7m from NE to SW by 3m over drystone rubble walls with round ends. That to the N has an 0.6m wide entrance 2m from the E end and there is a trench around the exterior.
An L-shaped stretch of dyke lies on the hillside above the footpath at Nh c.048 179. The first 12m are mostly turf-built running from E to W becoming stonebuilt. The dyke curves as it crosses a small burn before running N to S to join a small round-ended structure, measuring 2m by 1m internally with an entrance on the S, which appears integral to the dyke. The dyke terminates a further 50m to the N.
J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 25 June and 1 July 1995; NMRS MS 961/22, nos.25 to 27
Field Visit (1 July 1995 - 1 July 1995)
These are likely to be shieling huts, built and maintained by the herdspeople from Kintail, who are said to have rented these grazings from the Chisholm before the 20th century.
Information from NTS: WAFF005, WAFF006 and WAFF007 (JH and JW) 9th October 1997
NTS Survey
