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Glen Nant

Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glen Nant

Classification Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Muckairn Woods

Canmore ID 23442

Site Number NN02NW 7

NGR NN 010 280

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NN02NW 7 010 280.

NN 010 280 centre. The survey of this wide-spreading group of platforms was completed in February 1990. 228 platforms were recorded. These are are not evenly distributed throughout the area which was clothed with oak wood and leased for charring by the Lorn Furnace in the 18th and 19th centuries. 50% of the platforms are set on the SW side of the steeply sloping, 100m high, side of the River Nant. The others follow the banks of the burns up to about 200m (650ft) OD for approximately 1km to 2km from the Glen. The diameters of the platforms range around 30ft (9.1m) and they are mostly stome built.

A branch of the medieval road (NN02NW 11) crosses and damages some of the platforms and deviates around others.

E B Rennie 1974; 1990.

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