Monument record MHG7499 - Cnoc Leddie
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6733 8513 (170m by 172m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH68NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | EDDERTON |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NH68NE 12 6737 8515 and 6733 8508.
(A) (NH 6737 8515) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Two stone-walled huts (A and B).
Hut 'A' set into E shoulder of Cnoc Leddie, is oval measuring c11m WNW to ESE by c9.5m between centres of a wall spread to c2.5m all round. A few outer wall facing stones can be seen in the SE arc. The entrance is not evident.
'B' at NH 6733 8508 set into a SE-facing slope, is a circular platform, c10m diameter, with a back scarp and frontal build-up with traces of walling round the rim. In SE are 2 or 3 outer facing stones. The entrance is not apparent.
There are a few stone clearance heaps in the vicinity particularly to the N of hut 'A' which are probably from contemporary cultivation plots. 'B' surveyed at 1/10 000
Name Book 1874; D MacDonald, A Polson and J Brown 1931; Visited by OS (RL) 26 October 1970.
A photograph of this site was submitted to the HER in January 2011 by John Wombell. <1>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2437 Text/Publication/Volume: MacDonald, Polson and Brown, D, A and J. {1931}. The book of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, Orkney and Shetland: descriptive, historical and antiquarian notes. 64.
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 20, No. 161.
- --- SHG3340 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 10, 24.
- <1> SHG25170 Image/Photograph(s): Wombell, J. 2011. Photographs of various HER sites. Colour. Yes. Digital.
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Record last edited
May 27 2016 11:12AM
