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Shenval is a settlement located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. The site lies upon bedrock of the Moine Supergroup, ancient metamorphic rocks comprising gneissose psammite and semipelite that formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This hard, granular geology underlies much of the surrounding landscape and would have presented both challenges and opportunities to the settlement's inhabitants in terms of construction and land use.
The settlement represents a phase of human occupation and activity in the region, though the specific period of its development and use remains to be established through archaeological investigation. The location within Inverness-shire places it within an area of significant archaeological interest, where settlement patterns reflect adaptation to Highland terrain and climate over successive periods of human habitation.
The site is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's designation as a scheduled monument (reference SM11434), recognising its importance as an archaeological resource. This legal protection ensures that any future investigation or development affecting the settlement requires formal consent, allowing proper archaeological recording and study of this element of Scotland's settlement heritage.
Shenval, settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11434. View the official record →
Shenval is a settlement located in Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11434.
Shenval, settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM11434.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brin Nursery, barrow cemetery 70m NNW of (1 km), Creagan an Tuirc, fort (1.3 km), Loch Ruthven, crannog 490m SSW of Tullich (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Shenval, settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Shenval, settlement stands on Moine Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is gneissose psammite and gneissose semipelite.