Glaic Na Ceardaich

NH63SW 79 6151 3455.

This farmstead, which is situated on a terrace in what is now rough pasture, comprises two buildings set at right angles to one another, of which the main house measures 9m from NE to SW by 5m transversely over faced-rubble walls 0.7m thick and 1.5m high with an entrance on the SE and an extension 9m long towards the SW. The second building, which is situated to the S of the extension, has been reduced to a platform measuring 6m in length by 3m in breadth. There are a number of clearance heaps in the vicinity, indicating cultivation in modern times. (USN93 226)

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 17 November 1992.

This farmstead comprises a building, on a NE to SW alignment, constructed from partially-dressed sandstone blocks and standing up to 1m in height at the gables. The entrance is on the S and there is a possible cruck-slot opposite in the N wall. On the SW, there is an 11m extension, reduced to footings, with at least three chambers. There is no stone tumble present suggesting that this may originally have been of turf construction on a stone foundation. It is probably the building shown unroofed in 1904 (Inverness-shire 1904, sheet 19).

On the NE of the main building, there is a 4m by 3m extension possibly built over a 5m by 5m structure. About 45m to the SW, there are two cairns, measuring 5m and 6m in diameter, which may represent the gable ends of a building together with a distinct cut in the ground which forms an approximately 5m wide terrace. Obscured by deep heather cover, it probably was abandoned long before the other buildings went out of use.

A rickle of stones set on the edge of the slope about 20m to the S of the main building is probably the remnant of a wall line depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire sheet 19, 1904).

J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 11 June 1999; NMRS MS 961/58, no.1.

NH 64190 36270 to NH 60230 33870 An archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey was carried out in advance of a new water pipeline and associated works, between Loch Ness and Loch Ashie, in the Parish of Dores and Essich, Highland. The work was undertaken to assess the nature and extent of any archaeological sites likely to be affected within the areas outlined for the proposed development works and pipeline route and in order to inform recommendations for the protection and management of any sites recovered. The survey identified a significant number of archaeological sites, many of which are new to the archaeological record. These include farmsteads, shielings, enclosures, boundary dykes, clearance cairns, a prehistoric cairn field and the alignment of Wade's Military Road. In particular, the cairnfield recorded on Drumashie Moor and a number of linear field dykes identified in Clune Wood, form part of a well-preserved prehistoric landscape on the east side of the Great Glen near Dores.

Information from S. Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services.

OASIS ID: westcoas1-219519

NH 61522 34568 A stone-built, subrectangular building measures 10m NE-SW by 6m over wall 0.6m wide and 1.7m high. It has and entrance in the SE wall and a porch 4m NE-SW by 3.5m attached to the NE side.

NH 61514 34555 The low remains of a possible earlier structure underlying the farmstead, extend 10m beyond the SW end. It appears to have had internal partitions.

NH 61514 34550 A grass-covered U-shaped hollow is up to 1m deep.

NH 61528 34559 A grass-covered clearance cairn measures 6.5m NE-SW by 4m.

NH 61542 34544 A grass-covered clearance cairn measures 4.5m NE-SW by 4m.

NH 61536 34541 A grass covered stone/turf bank measures 1m wide and 0.3m high. It has been formed at the base of the hill and may be the remains of a very degraded enclosure.

NH 61560 34555 A grass-covered U-shaped bank encloses a deep pit up to 2m deep. It measures 4m by 3m and may have been a storage pit.

NH 61579 34539 A small grass-covered pit may have been a small storage pit

Information from S. Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services

OASIS ID: westcoas1-219519