Monument record MHG25207 - Aultanfearn

See also:
NH57NE0002 Parent
NH57NE0036 Field System
JHooper, 10/6/2002
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NH57NE 2 592 757.
on a generally SW-facing slope is a settlement of 7 stone-walled huts ('A' - 'G') and a contemporary field system.
All the huts are oval, and apart from 'F' and 'G' are oriented N- S with an entrance in S either ill-defined or mutilated.
Hut 'A' (NH 5940 7571) measures about 10.0m by 9.0m between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round.
'B' (NH 5937 7573) is evident as a platform, measuring about 14m by 11m, with frontal build up and traces of walling round the rim.
'C' (NH 5931 7574) is evident mainly as a platform, the same size as hut 'B' and also with frontal build up. Four or five outer wall facing stones can be seen in the SW.
'D' (NH 5928 7586) measures about 12.5m by 10.5m between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round. An earth-fast block on the E side of the entrance may be a portal stone. A field wall extends eastwards from the E arc of the hut.
'E' (NH 5919 7588) is evident as a platform, measuring about 11.0m by 9.5m, with frontal build up and traces of walling round the rim.
'F' (NH 5927 7596) is oriented NW to SE and measures about 12.0m by 9.5m between the centres of a wall spread to 2.5m. The NW arc is mutilated. The entrance cannot be seen.
'G' (NH 5943 7561) is levelled into the hillside with a frontal build up and measures 13.0m NW-SE by 10.0m between the centres of a wall spread to an indeterminate width. The ill-defined entrance is in the SE.
Huts surveyed at 1/10 560.
Visited by OS (ISS) 22 March 1973 and (RL) 11 November 1970

No change to previous field report. Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 18 November 1976

10 hut-circles of this unenclosed settlement are scattered over a distance of 400m along 275m contour. 4 of the hut-circles (B, C, E, and K) are platformed or terraced into the slope. Huts A-G were as recorded by the OS and a further three were also located.
Hut-circle 'H' (NH 05945 7566) lies on the line of the fence which traverses the SE part of the site. It measures 6m in diameter within a bank spread to 2.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height. An enclosure lies on the SE.
Hut-circle 'J' (NH5948 7560) lies in the lee of the forestry plantation about 40m to its SE and about 40m E of hut 'G'. It measures 9.5m in diameter within a bank spread to 2.3m in thickness and up to 0.4m in height; the entrance is located on the SE.
Hut-circle 'K' (NH 5934 7573) is located between huts 'B' and 'C', 13m NW of the former, and its interior is terraced into the slope. It measures 8.75m in diameter within a bank spread to 2.5m in thickness and standing up to 0.8m in height. The entrance is located on the SE. Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 1 December 1989