Tom Mhoid
Moot Hill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tom Mhoid
Classification Moot Hill (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14186
Site Number NH74NE 5
NGR NH 7535 4985
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14186
- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NE 5 7535 4985.
(NH 7535 4985) Tom Mhoid (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A moothill of the Mackintoshes (locally known as Tom Mhoid) has been cut through by the railway between Culloden and Dalcross stations. The hill is about fifty feet high and seems to have been partly protected by a ditch.
ISSFC 1885.
'Tom Mhoid' is a "natural mound covered with fir wood and through which the Highland Railway passes. The tradition regarding the mound is that, during the times of feudal warfare,. Courts of Justice were held on its summit. It signifies 'Court Hill'"
Name Book 1870.
Tom Mhoid - A large natural sandy hillock, cut through by the railway. The "ditch" is a broad natural hollow some distance from its base on the south side.
Visited by OS (J L D) 24 April 1962.
Field Visit (19 September 1943)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
Watching Brief (February 2016)
NH 754 498 A watching brief was undertaken in February 2016 during topsoil removal in advance of an extension to the factory. No archaeological evidence was found relating to the Moot Hill (NH74NE 5). Elsewhere in the development area two pits were recorded.
Archive: NRHE (intended). Report: Highland HER
Funder: Ramboll Environ on behalf of Norbord
Ian Suddaby – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
