Monument record MHG4641 - Milton

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 9468 1480 (50m by 131m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH91SW
Civil Parish ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Hut circles.
Form: standing structures (?); circular
Dimensions: hut (A): 13.5m. dia; hut (B) c.11.5m. dia
Dated to Bronze Age by type.
Entrances SE and ESE. Condition: incomplete.
Land use: rough pasture / open woodland
Relief: level ground
Aspect: NW
Altitude: 228=236m.OD
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NMRS description is as follows:

NH91SW 5 9467 1475 and 9470 1486.

At NH 9467 1475, surmounting a knoll, is a circular stone-walled hut measuring 13.5m between the centres of a wall spread to 3.0m. The entrance is in the SE.
105m NNE are the remains of another of which only the N and E arcs are well-preserved. It measures about 11.5m in diameter. The entrance is in the ESE.
One or two stony mounds near the first hut may be recent clearance from relatively recent cultivation near by.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 18 February 1974.


Dalland M/Holden T, 1999, Forestry Survey: Pityoulish Estate - Craig Pityoulish and Craiggowrie, Aviemore, Highland (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG20967.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dalland M/Holden T. 1999. Forestry Survey: Pityoulish Estate - Craig Pityoulish and Craiggowrie, Aviemore, Highland. Headland Archaeology Ltd. 01/07/1999. Digital (scanned as PDF).

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2016 12:08PM

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