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Maol An Tailleir
Field System (Prehistoric)
Site Name Maol An Tailleir
Classification Field System (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15471
Site Number NH93NW 1
NGR NH 9020 3850
NGR Description Centred on NH 9020 3850
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Ardclach
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH93NW 1 902 385.
(Area centred NH 900 384) Field clearance.
Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/252: 3177-18, 4176-8 -
Flown 9 August 1947.
Centred at NH 902 385 is a field system comprised of stone clearance heaps and occasional lynchets, with cultivation plots varying between c.40m by c.25.0m and c.20.0m by 15.0m.
In the NE part of the area is a square turf and stone enclosure wall with sides c.30.0m long, which is probably contemporary with the depopulated farmstead of Baltanmaceachain to the E. There is a clearance heap in the NW corner.
Visited by OS (A A) 24 February 1971.
Field Visit (May 1978)
Maol an Tailleir NH 902 385 NH93NW 1
There are several small cairns on the E slope of Maol an Tailleir.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
