Monument record MHG3457 - Stac an Eich
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6353 2714 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH62NW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
NH62NW 16 6354 2714.
At NH 6354 2714 set into the foot of a SE-facing slope is a circular stone-walled hut measuring c. 11.5m in diameter between the centres of an ill-defined wall. The ill-defined entrance is in the E.
In the vicinity and obscured by deep heather are a few stone clearance heaps and traces of walls probably from contemporary cultivation plots. Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 6 January 1972.
Levelled into the foot of a SE-facing slope below Stac an Eich, there is a hut-circle measuring 9.5m in diameter within a faced stony bank spread to 1.5m in thickness. There are clearance heaps in the vicinity, and to the SW and NE stony banks run up the hill. There is an oval enclosure, measuring about 11m by 9m, on sloping ground some 150m to the WSW (at NH 6340 2207).
(USN93 253)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 3 March 1993.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2676 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
