Monument record MHG11250 - Creag Leac Nam Fitheach

NC70NW 52 7377 0764

Centred on NC 737 076, in shelving ground on the south-east flank of Creag Leac nam Fitheach, is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C), oval in shape and heather-covered, with entrances in the S or the SE, the line of the main axis.
'A' measures 8.0 by 7.0m across within a wall spread to 2.5m and 0.2m high by the entrance, but elsewhere obscured.
'B', levelled up on the slope, measures 9.0 by 8.0m inside a wall-spread up to 0.6m. high with a general wideth of 2.0m expanding to 3.0m in the sides of the entrance.
'C' measures 12.0 by 11.0m within a wall spread to 3.0m and up to 0.6m high. There are a number of stone clearance heaps indicating associated cultivation in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 April 1981.

There are three hut-circles (ROG95 13, 15, 16), and what may be a fourth (ROG95 14), on the SE flank of Creag Leac nam Fitheach. One of the hut-circles (ROG95 16, NC 7377 0764, OS'C') is more substantial than the others, measuring 13m from N to S by 11m transversely within a bank spread to 3.5m in thickness and 0.6m in height. The terminals of the bank are expanded and the entrance passage is flanked by large boulders. The other two hut-circles (ROG95 13, NC 7364 0761, OS'A'and 15, NC 7374 0764 OS'B') are simpler, comprising platforms measuring up to 8.1m in diameter within banks spread to 2.3m in thickness and 0.4m in height. All three hut-circles have entrances on the S to SE arcs. A slight platform (ROG95 14, NC 7363 0756), measuring about 8.5m in diameter, which may be a fourth hut-circle, is situated on a peat-covered terrace to the S.
About six small cairns (ROG95 892), measuring up to 4m in diameter and 0.3m in height, are situated within the relatively smooth ground in the vicinity of the hut-circles. The smooth ground extends beyond the spread of visible cairns, in particular along the ridge to the E and SE. What may be cord rig, visible in a patch of burnt ground to the E of the hut-circles, comprises fragmentary grooves, set between 1m and 1.5m apart, and aligned approximately E-W.
(ROG95 13-6, 892)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 7 March 1995