Monument record MHG3364 - Site of Hut Circle and Associated Field System, Druim Ba
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5284 3493 (509m by 454m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH53SW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
Near the foot of the SE-facing slopes of Druim Ba is a stone-walled hut, with field system extending along the slopes to the N. The hut, set into the slope, is circular measuring c. 12.5m in diameter between wall centres but is too ill-defined for the wall thickness to be determined. The 'simple' entrance, in the E, is mutilated and c. 2.0m wide.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps (the 'grave mounds' referred to by Jolly) lynchets and ruinous walls, with fields averaging about 35m by 20m.
Centred at NH 523 346 is an isolated group of about twenty stone clearance heaps, possily also associated with the hut.
Hut surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (R L) 24 Feburary 1970
In the immediate neighbourhood of the cup marked stone (NH 53 SW 9) are numerous 'grave mounds' and hut circles.
W Jolly 1888
Historic Scotland proposed to revise the scheduling of this monument. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1317 Text/Publication/Article: Jolly, W. 1882. On cup-marked stones in the neighbourhood of Inverness; with an appendix on cup-marked stones in the Western Islands. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 16. 300-401. 351-2.
- <1> SHG25202 Text/Report: Historic Scotland. Proposal to Schedule an Ancient Monument: Statement of National Importance. Historic Scotland. . Digital (scanned as PDF).
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Record last edited
May 18 2016 3:02PM
