Monument record MHG3628 - West Town
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6200 3209 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63SW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DORES |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
NH63SW 37 6201 3209.
(NH 6201 3209) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 25"map, (1974)
This mutilated circular hut (noted by Shaw) (Information from Major C J Shaw {Tordarroch} to OS 12 May 1962), on the edge of modern cultivation, measures c. 13.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to an indefinite width. Outer facing stones, visible on the S and E arcs, are insufficient to allow reliable overall measurements. The entrance in the E arc is ill-defined. The hut, overlaid by a modern wall in the SW arc and mutilated by robbing in the NW, is generally obscured by modern clearance from the adjacent cultivation. There is no trace of a contemporary field system, and two "burials" mentioned by Shaw are modern clearance heaps.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (visited by OS (R D L) 28 August 1963)
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 Feburary 1970.
This hut-circle is situated in scrub birch woodland on a terrace near the edge of Loch Duntelchaig, it measures 8.7m from N to S by 7.7m transversely between rubble walls measuring 1.8m in thickness and standing up to 0.5m in height with an entrance on the S.
(USN93 121)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 7 October 1992.
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
