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Creag An Righ
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Creag An Righ
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rynraich
Canmore ID 15417
Site Number NH92NE 10
NGR NH 952 287
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15417
- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH92NE 10 952 287.
NH 952 287: Minor depop. 7 buildings, 6 enclosures, Average height c.1.0m. Depopulated c.1870.
Visited by OS 8 September 1966.
A township, comprising two roofed buildings, four unroofed buildings, three enclosures and two lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874-5, sheet xxxiv). Four unroofed buildings, two enclosures, field walls and two lengths of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 4 July 1996.
Field Visit (14 June 2021 - 18 June 2021)
NH 96000 29000 A programme of archaeological desk-based assessment (DBA) and walkover survey was undertaken, 14–18 June 2021, in order to inform woodland creation proposals for areas of Muckrach Estate, near Grantown-on-Spey. The DBA noted that this was an area of high archaeological activity, particularly in the form of post-medieval farming with several townships shown on historic maps. These included the following sites previously recorded on Canmore (Canmore ID: 116156, 15427, 15428,
15418, 15417, and 116201).
The walkover survey identified and recorded 175 features or small groups of features, most of which had already been noted in the DBA. These included the remains of six townships, two groups of isolated clearance cairns, a group of possible prehistoric cairns and at least 12 groups of grouse butts. Recommendations are made for avoiding these features during plantation, including exclusion from planting areas with a programme of marking out, and some additional recording to enable planting in some areas. The following new sites were recorded.
NH 9480 2699 Allt nan Coileach Dubha township. NH 9781 2849 Achahannal Burn township.
Archive: NRHE and Highland HER (intended) Funder: Savills
Lynne McKeggie – Highland Archaeology Services
(Source: DES Vol 22)
