Ariundle Oakwoods
Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ariundle Oakwoods
Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ceann A' Chreagain; Strontian; Sunart
Canmore ID 241007
Site Number NM86SW 57
NGR NM 8343 6417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241007
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardnamurchan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM86SW 57 8343 6417
A survey of the Ariundle Oakwoods yielded evidence for past woodland management, mining activity and agriculture. Several kilometres of stone and turf dykes were planned, and woodland enclosures shown on Bald's Estate Plan of 1806/7 were identified. The woodland showed evidence of extensive tree planting and management on a coppice rotation, but there were no pollarded trees. The last comprehensive felling appears to have taken place c 1850.
NM 8343 6417 Pens; track; ploughed field.
Sponsor: Sunart Oakwoods Research Group
J Dye, M Gascoigne, M Kirby, J E Kirby, J Lawson, J Read 2002.
