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Latitude: 57.488 / 57°29'16"N
Longitude: -4.3334 / 4°20'0"W
OS Eastings: 260220
OS Northings: 846603
OS Grid: NH602466
Mapcode National: GBR H8NX.ZR2
Mapcode Global: WH3F9.D1PX
Entry Name: Phopachy, crannog 540m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7816
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog
Location: Kirkhill
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric crannog surviving as a low cairn on intertidal mudflats.
The crannog is formed by an oval cairn of boulders which projects out of the mudflats at low tide. Sub-surface timbers have been recorded which may form part of a timber framework and these have been radiocarbon dated to the later prehistoric period.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the crannog and an area around in which traces of associated materials may be expected to survive. It is circular in shape and 60m in diameter and is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric life. The preservation of timbers indicates that the waterlogged nature of the site has preserved the organic remains of the crannog: these remains can provide evidence relating to the domestic lives and diet of the people who built and used the monument.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 64 NW 40.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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