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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gask HengeCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Balnafoich.
Map Ref: NH67833590
Latitude: 57.394247N Longitude: 4.20083W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Canmore report below.
Henge (possible)
Site Name Gask
Classification Henge (possible)
Canmore ID 305331
Site Number NH63NE 93
NGR NH 6783 3590
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Council Highland Parish Daviot And Dunlichity Former Region Highland Former District Inverness Former County Inverness-shire
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Field Visit (2009)
NH 6783 3590 A possible unrecorded henge was noticed during a visit to the fallen standing stone (HHER MHG 32689) near the Clava ring cairn at Gask (NH63NE 10). Just under half of a substantial circular structure with an external bank and internal ditch can be seen projecting from under the modern road (B861) on the opposite side from the ring cairn. This area was until recently under modern pine plantation. There are tree stumps emerging from the bank and a large quantity of brashing has been left lying over parts of it.
The bank and ditch are both c2.5m wide and the ditch reaches a maximum depth of c1.1m. The bank remains are slightly higher than the current road while the central area is slightly below it. The width of the site measured along the roadside is 22m, making the site originally c25m in diameter and placing the centre of the site roughly in the middle of the road.
Projecting the line of the bank by eye suggests that the possible standing stone could have stood on the bank or just outside it (possibly near an entrance?). This might imply that the present road line may be the result of earlier traffic passing through the henge using entrances on a roughly N–S axis. Both the bank and central area have visible stones. Some of those on the bank are quite large and could perhaps be monoliths.
It has been suggested (D Scott, pers comm) that from the Gask ring cairn the fallen standing stone would indicate the setting position of the sun at the summer quarter days (early May and August). From the estimated centre of the henge this stone would also indicate the rising position of the sun at mid-summer, and the largest monolith at the ring cairn would indicate the winter quarter day’s sunrise (early February and November).
Archive: D Trevarthen
David Trevarthen
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References
Trevarthen, D. (2009a) Gask 'henge', Highland (Daviot and Dunlichity parish), field visit', Discovery Excav Scot, New, vol. 10, 2009. Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England. Page(s): 96
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