Monument record MHG12572 - Ballynacairdach
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 7825 0823 (312m by 198m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC70NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Situated on a NW facing moderate slope at altitude 191=221m OD, within heath and rough pasture.
Information added by A M Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit, 17.04.00.
Centred at NC 782 082 and bordering the deserted hamlet of Ballynacairdach, is a settlement of four huts ('A'-'D') and a contemporary field system, marked by field clearance heaps. All dimensions are between wall centres unless otherwise stated.
Huts 'A' and 'B' measure respectively 14.0m ENE-WSW by 13.0m and 13.0m E-W by 12.0m. Entrances are in the ENW and E. Both huts are composed of earth and stone banks with no evident facing stones.
'C' is an unusual oval hut measuring 13.5m ENE-WNW by 11.0m. The hut has a passage-like entrance in the ENE, 4.5m long, formed by an expansion of the wall. This gives the hut an internal diameter of 10.0m.
'D', the best preserved of the huts, measures 11.0m in diameter. The entrance is in the E.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 18 August 1975.
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Record last edited
Jul 8 2016 10:14AM