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Clunes

Iron Working Site (Period Unknown)(Possible), Slag (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Clunes

Classification Iron Working Site (Period Unknown)(Possible), Slag (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Clunas

Canmore ID 14997

Site Number NH84NE 10

NGR NH 875 467

NGR Description NH c.875 467

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Cawdor
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Nairn
  • Former County Nairn

Archaeology Notes

NH84NE 10 875 467

There are traces of iron-working at Clunes (Clunas: NH 881 464) above Cawdor Castle (NH84NW 1) at the S side of the road.

W I Macadam 1893.

No local information.

Visited by OS (NKB) 21 January 1971.

Activities

Field Visit (May 1978)

Clunas NH c.881 464 NH84NE 10

The record of the discovery of traces of iron-working at 'Clunes' before 1887 is supported by a report of possible iron-slag or bloom being found in ploughing in 1978 at NH 875 467. Site inaccessible at date of visit.

RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978

McAdam 1888, 234

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