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Milton Of Glenbanchor

Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Township (Post Medieval)

Site Name Milton Of Glenbanchor

Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Township (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Newtonmore, Knock Of Clune

Canmore ID 25210

Site Number NN79NW 9

NGR NN 7034 9973

NGR Description centred on NN 7034 9973

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kingussie And Insh
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Activities

Field Visit (16 May 1974)

Centred at NN 707 993 is a poorly preserved field system marked by stone clearance heaps. It has been occupied in the S and W by a later deopop. settlement which has left little trace of the earlier cultivation.

Visited by OS (A A) 16 May 1974.

Field Visit (October 1995)

NN79NW 9.00 centred on 7034 9973

NN79NW 9.01 NN 7034 9973 Buildings; Kilns; Sheepfold; Enclosures (KING95 455-67, 469-74)

NN79NW 9.02 NN 7018 9949 Mill; Lade; Trackway; Kiln (KING95 468)

NN79NW 9.03 NN 7049 9953 Building; Pit (KING95 475)

NN79NW 9.04 NN 7058 9933 Buildings; Enclosures; Hut (KING95 476-9, 480-3, 496)

NN79NW 9.05 NN 7040 9940 Cultivation remains; Head-dyke; Small cairns

This township comprises six clusters of buildings, including three kilns and a mill, strung out along the E bank of the River Calder. A head dyke encloses the better drained ground on the terrace, on which there are several plots. The head dyke post-dates a discrete group of small cairns which have been clipped by ploughing. A further group of small cairns lies to the E.

(KING95 455-83, 496)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 12 October 1995

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