MHG17482 - Roundhouse - Kerrowaird
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH74NE 54 7591 4923
'Post holes defining a roundhouse': No details given.
J Wordsworth 1991. <1>
Observation along the route of the Nairn to Inverness pipeline recorded a group of pits filled with loamy silt, small stones and charcoal. Later excavated to be revealed as the remains of a prehistoric round house. The fills of the post pits were fairly amorphous but appeared to define an outer circle 9m in diameter of posts 0.15 to 0.2m in diameter set around a circle of smaller posts c4m in diameter. Other pits 10m to the N may be part of another building. A pit with fire cracked stones and charcoal lay immediately W of these pits. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG977 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1991. 'Kerrowaird (Petty parish): post holes defining a roundhouse', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1991, p.41. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 41. 41.
- <2> SHG24879 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth, J.. 11/1991. Inverness - Nairn British Gas Pipeline 1991. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 30/01/1998. Digital (scanned as PDF). Site 58.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7590 4923 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH74NE |
| Civil Parish | PETTY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/85406 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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