Monument record MHG8785 - Cromarty, hut circle
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7796 6563 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH76NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | CROMARTY |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Marked as "fort" - circular ring earthwork o 1st ed OS 25" map - HAW 02/2005
NH76NE 5 7796 6563.
Enclosure (NR) OS 6" map, (1959)
This is a ring enclosure with no trace of an entrance.
The area enclosed is 58' in diameter and the bank is now 1' high and 12' - 14' wide. In 1871 the bank was about 2' high. It is composed of earth and stones and is now under cultivation and is rapidly being ploughed out. Since it is obviously not a fort, a hut circle or a stock enclosure, Woodham, who visited it on 17th September 1954, suggests that it might be a wind-break in which tents were pitched.
Name Book 1871; A A Woodham 1956; Information from A A Woodham to OS.
This circular enclosure, situated in the centre of a flat cultivated field, is almost ploughed out. The spread of the bank is 4m; it survives to a height of 0.3m, and the diameter taken from the centre of the encircling bank is 17m. Original purpose unknown.
Revised at 1;2500. Visited by OS (R B) 21 January 1966.
This enclosure is as described by previous OS field investigator. It occurs on a N-facing slope, and is identical to NH76NE 4. Probably a hut circle associated with clearance heaps to W (NH76NE 12). Visited by OS (A A) 7 January 1971.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2675 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 17, No. 101.
- --- SHG3397 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 8, 53.
- --- SHG72 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A. A.. 1956. A survey of prehistoric monuments in the Black Isle. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 88 (1953-55). 65-93. p 84.
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
