Glenurquhart
Field System (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Glenurquhart
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Battle Site-alleged
Canmore ID 14526
Site Number NH76SW 12
NGR NH 7368 6301
NGR Description Centred on NH 7368 6301
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14526
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH76SW 12 737 630.
(NH 733 625) Site of Battle (NR) (Supposed to have been between the Danes and Scots) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Nothing further is known of this battle, except that it is the explanation of all the cairns which lie on the surrounding moors.
Name Book 1871.
Not a battle site, but a poorly preserved field system centred at NH 737 630 in cleared woodland on a gentle N-facing slope. It comprises denuded stone clearance heaps, field walls and lynchets, which form cultivation plots of a type usually found in association with hut circles. Where best preserved in the NE, two fields measure 20.0m x 15.0m and 30.0m x 20.0m.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 November 1970.
No change to previous report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 10 January 1978.
Field Visit (May 1979)
Glenurquhart NH 737 630 NH76SW 12
This cairnfield is situated in improved pasture on a ridge NW of Glenurquhart farmhouse and covers an area of 34ha. The cairns vary considerably in size.
RCAHMS 1979, visited May 1979
MS notes in NMRS, RCAMS Emergency Surveys.
