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Portmahomack, General

Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Portmahomack, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Village (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 75544

Site Number NH98SW 34

NGR NH 9164 8437

NGR Description Centred NH 9164 8437

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Tarbat
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH98SW 34 centred 9164 8437

Formerly also entered as NH98SW 21 at cited location Centred NH 916 845.

Erected burgh of barony, 1678.

G S Pryde 1965.

Activities

Watching Brief (23 March 2008 - 27 July 2010)

NH 8166 7888 – NH 9159 8488 A watching brief on selected

sections of the water main renewal route from Loandhu

to Portmahomack was carried out 23 March 2008–27 July

2010, following a desk-based assessment of part of the route

(Loandhu to Cadboll) in 2007. Eight features were marked

out and safeguarded. Site visits and watching briefs were

conducted at 11 trench areas during construction works,

including on the Hill of Fearn to Rhynie Road, at Rhynie

Farmhouse, S of Cadboll Farm, at the site of St Mary’s

Orthoimage elevations derived from laser scans of the entrance to Caisteal Chapel/Cathabul, in the vicinity of the Cadboll Mount, at

Meikle Tarrel Farmworkers’ Cottages and six in the village of

Portmahomack. Finds included 19th- to 20th-century domestic

and architectural debris, an undated partially dressed stone

slab and a carved sandstone fragment, believed to be a

medieval column capital, dated to the 13th century.

Archive: Highland Archaeology Services Ltd

Funder: Scottish Water

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