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Castlecraig

Building (Period Unknown), Enclosure (Period Unknown)

Site Name Castlecraig

Classification Building (Period Unknown), Enclosure (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 364896

Site Number NH86NW 22.26

NGR NH 82180 69225

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

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Field Visit (30 May 2019)

This building, which is attached to the SW side of an enclosure, is situated on sloping ground in semi-improved pasture about 140m SE of Castlecraig House. It is rectangular on plan and measures 6.4m from NNW to SSE by 3.4m transversely within a wall reduced to a grass-grown stony bank 1.7m thick and 0.2m high. There is an entrance midway along its ENE side. The enclosure is roughly circular on plan, measuring 19m in diameter within a grass-grown stony bank up to 3.1m thick and 0.3m high. There is an entrance gap (3.8m wide) on the ENE.

Visited by HES Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 30 May 2019

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