MHG11586 - Cnoc Dail-Chairn
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (3)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NC82NW 33 847 288.
There are two hut-circles, a small enclosure and a scatter of small cairns on the N slopes of Cnoc Dail-chairn.
A. NC 8471 2887 This hut-circle is situated on a spur and measures 7.8m in diameter within heather-grown banks spread to 3m in thickness and 0.3m in height with an entrance in ESE side. There is a scatter of small cairns some 130m W of the hut-circle at NC 846 288.
(KILD91 407)
B. NC 8475 2874 This hut-circle is situated on the edge of a boggy sump near the top of the hill and measures 8m in diameter within heather-grown banks forming a low mound up to 2.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height. Its E side is indistinct and the location of its entrance uncertain. (KILD91 408)
A small enclosure is situated 37m WNW of hut-circle 'A' at the back of natural terrace on the W side of the spur on which hut-circle 'A' sits. It is roughly square, measuring 3m across within a tumbled drystone wall.
(KILD91 409)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) June 1991.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8469 2880 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC82NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/72347 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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