RCAHMS record the site as NH98SW 4. The Highland Council SMR record is MHG8473.
Aerial photographs consulted:
D 76246, 2000, Oblique aerial view centred on the excavation with church and churchyard adjacent, taken from the ENE., ©RCAHMS
1984, Oblique Aerial View of Cropmark at Portmahomack, ©Barri Jones
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