Site type DISTILLING SITE
Canmore ID 302435
Site Number NH14NE 9
NGR NH 18172 49954
Council HIGHLAND
Parish CONTIN
Former Region HIGHLAND
Former District ROSS AND CROMARTY
Former County ROSS AND CROMARTY

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Archaeological Notes

A probable still bothy (Nosas Site Survey No 489) is located at NH 18172 49954 within a rocky gully at the foot of a waterfall, NW of the enclosures and shieling group of Allt Creagan nam Gobhar.
The remains of a small crudely constructed, rectangular stone building sits snugly between outcrop and the edge of the burn, the outcrop forming the SW side of the building within the gully. The building is divided into two compartments, the larger N compartment some 3m x 3m internally, the NW corner being rounded, well built and standing to 1.2m in height. The more substantial NE wall stands to a maximum 0.5m high. The smaller compartment measures 3.5m x 1.5m and is largely collapsed although an entrance with an external step can be seen at the SE end. Adjacent to the entrance is a crude dry stone construction, sub circular in shape measuring 1.3m overall x 0.8m deep with a square aperture in the top some 0.7m wide. It is probably a later feature.

Information from North of Scotland Archaeology Society.

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