Monument record MHG39768 - Hut Circle;Hut Circles, Uppertown, Allt A'Bhaile Uachdaraich

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4477 3227 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH43SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NMRS NH43SW54
RCAHMS 1997 URQ97 209
Stands at the W edge of a group of small cairns in heather moorland above the NE bank of an unnamed tributary of the Allt a' Bhaile Uachdaraich. It is situated on the leading edge of a level terrace, which falls away steeply S towards the burn, and the ground has been built up on the S to provide a level interior. Oval plan it measures 11.4m from NW to SE by 9.1m transversely within a stoney bank 2.1m thickand 0.5m high. The entrance is on the SE.

The small cairns, measure up to 6m in diameter and lie to the N and E of the hut-circle, scattered over an area measuringc. 120m N-S by 70m transversley on the terrace and down the slope below it.

A shooting butt stands amongst the cairns about 30m NE of the Hut circle.

Info from Dr H Robinson April 2005

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Dr Harry Robinson. 04/2005. Glenconvinth Water Treatment Works Draft Notes. Draft Notes.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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