Monument record MHG41716 - Field system, The Ord
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 5720 0609 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC50NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | LAIRG |
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Full Description
NC50NE 54 572 061.
(A: NC 5721 0612, B: NC 5727 0607) Two hut circles noted.
Visited by OS (A A) 8 June 1971.
Centred at NC 572 061 on terraces in the gentle north slopes of Ord Hill are two, possibly three stone-walled huts within a small field system, which is separated from the main Ord Hill settlement (NC50NE 13) by marshy ground. Huts A and B are of simple form, and identical in shape and size, being 10.0m internal diameter within a tumbled wall spread to 2.5m broad. Peat growth obscures structural details of the huts, though B is marginally better-preserved. The entrance gaps are in the SE arc, that to A being 4.0m wide. Some 20.0m SSW of hut B is an earth and stone bank 2.5m wide forming an arc about 8.5m across internally ©; it is probably the remains of a hut.
The area around the huts has been cultivated, evidenced by the smooth appearance of the ground, five or six scattered clearance heaps, and a well-preserved stony lynchet north of hut B, but peat build-up obscures any pattern of field plots which may have existed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 27 July 1976.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 13 March 1979.
Noted. <1>
Noted. <2>
Topographically surveyed in Spring 2010. Clearance cairn at HC 57250 06128, 4m in diameter, 0.8m high. Erosion scar on N side. The cairn is covered in deep heather. Curving lynchet along the NW edge of level ground at HC57250 906128. Approximately 0.5m high and 45m long.
Covered in deep heather. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG3520 Text/Publication/Volume: Wickham Jones C. The Ord, Lairg A Journey Back in Time.
- <2> SHG2934 Text/Publication/Leaflet: Wickham Jones C; Harden J. 2000. The Ord, Lairg: Archaeological Trail.
- <3> SHG24798 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dalland, M. 05/2010. A Topographic Archaeological Survey of the Ord Prehistoric Landscape: Lairg, North Highland. Headland Archaeology Ltd. Digital. Sites HA1.4-5.
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Record last edited
Jul 26 2010 4:07PM