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Camastorsa

Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Quartz)(Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Camastorsa

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Quartz)(Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 87761

Site Number NM66SE 11

NGR NM 671 622

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Ardnamurchan
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM66SE 11 671 622

(Name centred NM 6720 6226) Camastorsa [NAT] (no detail shown)

OS 1:10,000 map 1990

NM 671 622: depopulated settlement 'Camas Torsa'. Details held by the Forest District Manager, Lochaber Forest District, Torlundy, Fort William.

J E Kirby 1994d

A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, two roofed buildings and an incomplete enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 May 1998

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Artefact Recovery (2008)

NM 6715 6218 An off-white flint scraper and a quartz scraper from upcast spoil from a forest road.

Funder: Sunart Oakwoods Research Group

J E Kirby, 2008

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