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Inverchoran
Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned), Bridge Abutment (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Pond (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverchoran
Classification Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned), Bridge Abutment (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned), Pond (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 308886
Site Number NH25SE 52
NGR NH 2620 5035
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/308886
- Council Highland
- Parish Contin
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (12 June 2008 - 12 June 2008)
The remains of a farmstead comprising at least four buildings (NOSAS site survey numbers 891, 894 – 898) including a byre and a possible smithy are located S & E of the present day, occupied farm of Inverchoran. Further S of the settlement are the fragmentary remains of a head dyke (899) and stone bridge abutments (900) on the Alltan Sgeireach burn.
Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 4 Report (page 46) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.
