Loch Insh
Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Insh
Classification Quarry Scoop(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 332613
Site Number NH80SW 60
NGR NH 82657 04660
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332613
- Council Highland
- Parish Alvie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (9 April 2013)
Two quarry scoops are situated on the SW scarp of a natural rise immediately above the NW shore of Loch Insh. The upper scoop takes the form of a circular platform measuring 4m in diameter, which is cut back into the grass-grown NW slope to a depth of 0.4m. The lower scoop, which is situated 13m to the S, measures 5m in diameter and 0.8m deep. Further small scale grass-grown quarries are situated on natural rises 20m to the SW and 90m to the NW respectively (NH 82631 04620; NH82584 04726).
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW, SD), 9 April 2013
