Monument record MHG8722 - Hartmount
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7647 7747 (186m by 150m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH77NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | LOGIE EASTER |
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Full Description
NH77NE 3 765 775.
Centred at NH 765 775 is a settlement of five stone-walled huts "A - E" "A-D" are marked by overgrown walls spread to about 3.5m on average, with an entrance in the SE arc.
"A, B and C" are oval and measure respectively 15.5m NW-SE by 13.0m, 12.5m NW-SE by 10.5m, and 13.5m NW-SE by 12.0m between wall centres.
"D" is circular and measures 12.0m in diameter between wall centres.
"E" is about 11.0m in diameter but is too heavily overgrown to measure or describe accurately.
Although there are traces of walls in the vicinity of "A, B and E", there is no definite trace of contempoary cultivation in the area.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 30 August 1972.
At the date of visit only one hut circle was visible in the dense vegetation that now covers the area.
RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1977.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- 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. 154.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 26 2016 1:17PM
