Monument record MHG726 - Enclosure, Achins

The remains of an enclosure, centred at NC 960 634, are built of closely-set boulders, and measure 78m by 90m, with a large gap in the NE sector. Within is another enclosure of the same build, about 11m in diameter, and a hut circle, 5m N-S by 4m transversely. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 26 November 1964 and (J L D) 24 May 1960.

(NC 9606 6337) Enclosure (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)

On SW face of a moorland ridge is an enclosure within an encircling stretch of orthostatic walling. The enclosure is oval and measures 14m by 9m across within a single course of medium to large stones; an entrance appears to have been from the SE on the line of the main axis. The walling flanks the E, S and W sides of the enclosure and presumably had continued round the N to complete a field or stock enclosure approximately 90 by 70m. In NW is an entrance gap 3m wide. Some 19m W of this gap are are faint indications of linear stone clearance. On the spine of the ridge is a series of broken mounds, one of which was incorrectly classified as a hut circle. Between two of the mounds is an L-shaped section of tenuous bank, 8 by 3.5m, tentatively suggesting a footing. These mounds may be the remains of shieling bothies.
The enclosure and the surrounding wall appear to be of some age and are almost certainly contemporary. However, the period is speculative.
Revised at 1:10,560. Visited by OS (J M) 17 July 1981.