Mains Of Daviot
Bloomery Mound(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Mains Of Daviot
Classification Bloomery Mound(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 14309
Site Number NH74SW 6
NGR NH 725 406
NGR Description NH c. 725 406
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SW 6 c. 725 406
Several heaps of iron slag have been removed from the fields in the farm of Mains of Daviot.
W I Macadam 1893.
Local enquiries produced no knowledge of iron slag being found in the area around Mains of Daviot.
Visited by OS (J L D) 22 March 1962.
Note (1979)
Daviot House NH c.725 406 NH74SW 6
In 1887 Macadam noted the removal of 'several heaps of slag' from the fields around Mains of Daviot. These may indicate the site of a bloomery.
RCAHMS 1979
Macadam 1888, 234
