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Nigg

Track (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Nigg

Classification Track (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Nigg Bay; Cromarty Firth

Canmore ID 289810

Site Number NH77SE 54

NGR NH 7955 7385

NGR Description NH 7951 7389 to NH 8025 7245

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Logie Easter
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH77SE 54 7951 7389 to 8025 7245

Track across bay on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, sheet lv; 1881) - track seen on north shore.

Trackway across Nigg Bay on the lists and supposedly marked by posts at each end. No posts were visible and the Northwest end was also almost invisible. The Southeast end (Nigg) has about 150m of straight track on th exact alignment the track should be, from the road to the end of the salt marsh.

Track start (SE) NH8025 7245.

Track end (NW) NH 7955 7385.

CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.

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