Monument record MHG12567 - Cnoc an T-Socaich

NC70NE 16 773 088.

(Centred NC 773 088) Settlement (NR) (11 circular features shown 'A' - 'J').
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)

On the lower S slopes of Cnoc an t-Socaich is a settlement of nine oval stone-walled huts ('A' - 'J') within a contemporary field system. (OS {WDJ})
With the exception of hut 'A' which is slight, measuring 7.5m NW-SE by 6.5m, all are massive and well preserved, varying in size from 12.5m by 11.0m to 17.0m by 16.0m between wall centres. In each case the entrance is in the SE arc; a portal slab on edge, 0.4m high, can be seen on the E side of the entrance to hut F, and in the same hut is a slab 1.1m high marking the inner wall face on the NW side.
Within hut 'H' are traces of a concentric ring of rubble stones, much obscured by heather and peat, which measures 7.0m NW-SE by 6.0m. A gap in the wall of this feature corresponds with the hut entrance. The purpose of this internal feature is uncertain.
The field system comprises numerous clearance heaps and good examples of field walls and lynchets.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 April 1964 and (NKB) 29 April 1864.