MHG7119 - Tornapress

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Centred on 837 433

NG 835 427. Foundations on a shelf, below crags, on both banks of a small tributary of the River Kishorn, 5m by 3m, 2.5m diameter, 6m by 3.5m, 7m by 4m, 3m by 4m oval, 8m by 4m two-roomed; all in head-dyke with enclosures.
T C Welsh 1974b

A township comprising one unroofed building attached to a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet ciii). Eight unroofed buildings and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 May 1996

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--- SHG1750 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1974. 'Tornapress, settlement', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1974, p.60. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 60. 60.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8370 4330 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG84SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG7119 (Monument) (MHG40944)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/73850 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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