Torachilty Platform
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Torachilty Plaforms, Torachilty, Contin - a project by M. Marshall
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Site name and SMR or NMRS No.
Torachilty
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Location
Contin Parish, Highland Region
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NGR
NH 43980 56048
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Site type/class
?Platform/?Hut circle
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Situation and surroundings
On a knoll, situated at an altitude of 122m on the north facing slope of Torachilty in birch woods.
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Description
A circular raised platform, roughly 7m in diameter, on the summit of a small knoll. Bounded on its western side by a semicircle or kerb of substantial boulders, each roughly 1m in diameter, the whole being 0.5m in height. The eastern section is bounded by a bank with occasional boulders only. The whole feature is bracken and bilberry covered.
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Platform from west
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Kerb from NW
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An old track or "hollow way" is to be seen about 40m down the hill to the east. This extends for 50m in a SW-NE direction and is 3m in width and 1m in depth at its most prominent part.
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Hollow track from SW
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Recorder, Date and Weather conditions - M. Marshall 8th May 2004
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Site Last Updated - 12/05/2012 23:14:04 |
