Monument record MHG3212 - Site of 2 Hut Circles, West Town

Summary

Site of two hut circles, one identified on the ground and one through aerial reconnaissance.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6250 3293 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH63SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DORES
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Further hut-circle, recorded by aerial reconnaissance in 1994, at NH 6314 3298.
Information from RCAHMS (AD) 6th March 1997

A hut-circle and a pen are situated about 80m apart on a SE-facing slope in the field to the NE of West Town. The hut-circle (NH 6250 3293) has been disturbed in the construction of the field bank, that runs across it from NE to SW, and measures 7.2m in diameter within a faced-rubble wall spread to 1.7m in thickness by 0.3m in height. To the SW of the hut-circle (at NH 6244 3287) there is a grass-covered oval pen or robbed clearance cairn, which measures 5.4m from NW to SE by 4.8m transversely over a rubble bank 0.8m measuring in thickness and 0.2m in height. (USN93 130-1)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 8 October 1992.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1994. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Upper Strathnairn, Inverness: an archaeological survey: summary report. .

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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