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Aigas Community Forest
Bank (Earthwork)(S) (Period Unassigned), Bridge(S) (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Fence(S) (19th Century), Gate(S) (19th Century), Lade (Period Unassigned), Path(S) (Period Unassigned), Sluice (Period Unassigned), Water Tank(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aigas Community Forest
Classification Bank (Earthwork)(S) (Period Unassigned), Bridge(S) (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Fence(S) (19th Century), Gate(S) (19th Century), Lade (Period Unassigned), Path(S) (Period Unassigned), Sluice (Period Unassigned), Water Tank(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 354823
Site Number NH44SE 84
NGR NH 45667 42182
NGR Description Centred on
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/354823
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmorack
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2015 - 2016)
NH 45667 42182 Aigas Community Forest is a 280ha forest purchased by the local community from the Forestry Commission in April 2015. As part of the purchase, the Forest Trust was required to provide an archaeological
survey, and commissioned NOSAS to undertake this work. The survey was undertaken over eight days during the winter of 2015/6. The field surveyors were a mixture of local members of the Forest Trust, and NOSAS volunteers. Together they contributed 77 person-days of walking. The
surveyors identified a number of previously unrecorded features, many of which related to the use of the forest as a sporting estate in the late 19th century. These new finds included a farmhouse and enclosures, another
unidentifiable building, a network of Victorian paths, five bridges, a lade and sluice, three watertanks, a network of 19th-century iron fences and gates, and several earthern forest banks. There were also a variety of other more recent or ephemeral features. Many of the paths and fences could be related to those seen on the 1st and 2nd Edition OS maps.
The project lead, Roland Spencer-Jones, has produced a report which can be downloaded from for the address shown below. In addition to reporting on the survey this report also brings together a variety of related historical
and photographical material relevant to Aigas House, and the newer Aigas Forest.
Report: Highland HER and NRHE
Funder: NOSAS
Website: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlERSv9Po8QVlyO7d9sOCJMMFRjh
Roland Spencer-Jones and Anne Coombs – NOSAS
