Monument record MHG3510 - Achlascheille

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6918 3723 (770m by 990m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH63NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NH63NE 41 691 374.

Centred at NH 691 374 on a SW-facing slope are two stone-walled huts (A and B) and an associated field system.
Hut 'A' is circular measuring c. 8.5m between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.5m. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
Hut 'B' is oval measuring c. 18.0m NNW-SSE by c. 15.0m transversely between the centres of a denuded wall of indeterminate width. Three boulders, one displaced, occur around the E arc. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps lynchets and occasional field walls, defining plots varying between 10.0m by 12.0m and 30.0m by 15.0m.
More than half of it in the NE has recently been ploughed by the Forestry Commission.
Huts surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (A A) 16 March 1970.

Huts surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 8 December 1971.

Sources/Archives (0)

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

May 20 2016 11:30AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.