MHG2763 - Hut circle - Cnoc Na Sgaile
Summary
A hut circle at Cnoc Na Sgaile.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A hut circle at Cnoc Na Sgaile. Recorded originally by the OS as hut circle 'A'.
Centred at NH 388 319 on a S-facing slope are two stone-walled huts (A and B) and a contemporary field system.
Both huts are circular, each on a shelf, and are formed by a wall of indeterminate thickness. The measurements are given between wall centres.
Hut 'A' measures about 12.5m in diameter. It is mutilated by forestry ploughing and the entrance is not evident.
'B' measures about 11.0m in diameter. It is over- laid by a forestry fence and mutilated in the S half by forestry ploughing. A block on edge, probably an outer facing stone, is in the W arc. The entrance cannot be seen.
The field system consists of occasional stone clearance heaps with lynchets and natural terraces forming plots averaging 35m by 25m.
Huts surveyed at 1/2500.
Field system delineated on 6" sheet.
Visited by OS (I S S) 21 March 1973
Hut 'a' NH 3885 3172. Hut 'b' NH 3888 3177
RCHAMS: 11.8.1986
Only the northern hut-circle (B in OS record), lying at the edge of a conifer plantation that has been clear-felled, is presently visible. The hut-circle measures 7m in diameter within a stony bank 2.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height, but the S half appears to have been damaged by afforestation. The second hut-circle recorded in 1973 was not located, probably due to the disturbance of the ground by afforestation. The field-system recorded by the OS (1973) was not found either, but it may have been obscured by the scrub woodland.
(URQ97 403)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 7 August 1997
Two hut-circles and a field system comprising of two groups of clearance cairns situated in an area of felled forestry were noted during the course of a pre-afforestation survey by Wordsworth Archaeological Services.
Information from J Wordsworth 6 December 1999
Sources/Archives (1)
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 3885 3173 (18m by 17m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH33SE |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (2)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12246 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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