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Castle Corbet
Shell Midden(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Castle Corbet
Classification Shell Midden(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Allt A'chaoil-eag
Canmore ID 15633
Site Number NH98SW 10
NGR NH 9028 8331
NGR Description Centred on NH 9028 8331
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15633
- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH98SW 10 c902 833.
'A' (NH 9027 8331) 'B' (NH 9028 8331) 'C' (NH 9031 8330) Jokhen Muddins (NR)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
The shell-middens in the vicinity of Castle Corbet are the earliest in the district. They are composed entirely of the remains of littoral shell-fish, and no trace of deep-sea fish or animal remains were found, despite minute examination. No tools were discovered except rude knife-like forms of quartz which were in abundance.
Name Book 1872.
The only traces of these middens are a few shells exposed under the turf at NH 9028 8332. The site is now crossed by a track and is covered by whins.
Visited by OS (I S S) 8 September 1972.
Field Visit (September 1977)
Castle Corbet NH 902 833 NH98SW 10
There are shell-middens at NH 902 833, where a broad spread of midden is exposed in one corner of a field, and at NH 903 833, where burrowing animals have brought shells to the surface.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1977
(Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 30, p. 60)
