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MHG6809 - Lower Craggan

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NJ02NW 9 0214 2586.

Straddling a scrub grown glacial ridge at NJ 0214 2586 is fort (information from G A Dixon, 13 Thirlestone Road, Edinburgh) comprising a level oval area measuring about 14.5m NW-SE by about 10.5m transversely.It is surrounded at a lower level by a ditch about 2.5m wide and about 0.5m deep reduced to a slight terrace by soil creep in the NE and SW and measuring about 22.0m NW-SE by about 19.0m transversely between its centres.
A rampart about 2.5m wide and about 0.3m high occupies the outer lip of the ditch where it crosses the spine of the ridge on the NW.
An entrance causeway about 2.0m wide has been left across the ditch where it crosses the spine in the SE. There is no trace of stonework at any point on the fort, which is similar to NH85SW 9.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 15 February 1971.

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Grid reference	Centred NJ 0213 2586 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NJ02NW
Civil Parish	CROMDALE, INVERALLAN AND ADVIE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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