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MHG28589 - Farmstead/settlement - Allt nan Gobhar

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A possible farmstead, comprising three drystone buildings, within a complex of drystone dykes, was recorded on a sloping terrace to the west of the Allt nan Gobhar and overlooking the Allt Saigh during a pre-afforestation survey in 1997 by Wordsworth Archaeological Services. The most prominent building measured 11m by 3m whilst the other two measured 8m by 3m. A fourth building also measuring 8m by 3m and reduced to footings, lay to the sourtheast adjacent to the modern forestry boundary. Although there was no evidence of rig, the series of stone dykes suggested that this area was formerly cultivated rather than for just pasturing animals. At the N end of the dykes, a sinuous dyke ran parallel with the Allt nan Gobhar, before running east to join a head-dyke (NH41NW 17). <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4368 1930 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH41NW
Civil Parish	URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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