MHG14546 - Hut circle - Longwood

Summary

Hut circle at Longwood

Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Denuded hut circle (Coghill No.15) NH537 453

NH535 450 circular ditch which may represent a roundhouse enclosure earthwork
D Coghill/R. Hanley

The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Long Wood.
At OS 537453 there are traces of a but circle of 10yds diameter with the entrance towards the south. A section of the perimeter at the west side has been destroyed. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 21/07/23)

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5370 4530 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH54NW
Civil Parish KIRKHILL
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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