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Aldourie Farm
Roundhouse (Prehistoric)
Site Name Aldourie Farm
Classification Roundhouse (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 146031
Site Number NH63NW 60
NGR NH 6031 3647
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/146031
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63NW 60 6031 3647
The cropmarks of a pit-circle have been revealed by oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1995), 400m SSE of Aldourie Farm. It has an internal diameter of about 12-15m and consists of approximately 12 pits. Immediately NE of the pit-circle two further possible pits are situated. It is intersected on its SE side by linear cropmarks, which may be part of a small enclosure. There are other indeterminate cropmarks in the surrounding area and an enclosure with a pit-circle is situated about 15m to the NE (NH63NW 34).
Information from RCAHMS (KJ) 15 June 1999.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (11 April 2014)
Following a review of the aerial photographic evidence, the circle of pits recorded as cropmarking on aerial photographs is now thought to represent the remains of a later prehistoric roundhouse. As such the pit circle classification previously applied has been removed.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 11 April 2014
