Monument record MHG39748 - Hut Circle; Fearns Road

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 5698 3610 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG53NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PORTREE

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Full Description

Surveyed ACFA 2003 (SMR Report 1430 picture)
25m N of Inverarish to Fearns Road lie the remains of a hut circle within a series of turf and stone banks.
Modern field is well fenced and in use as grazing. The Hut has an internal diameter of 8m and walls spreading to a thickness of 1m and a height of 0.45m. There is a possible entrance to the south and the grassed interiar shows no signs of internal structures.

The turf and stone field wall passes to the north and west of the hut at a distance of a few meters.
DEH 20/04/05

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Anne Johnstone & Scott Wood. 2003. Some Archaeological Studies of Cairns and Standing Stones on Raasay. SMR Report 1430.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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