MHG2835 - Hut Circle and associated field system - Creag an Tuim Bhig
Summary
Clearance cairn, field system, hut circle, lynchet
Type and Period (4)
- HUT CIRCLE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
- LYNCHET (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
Full Description
On the E flank of a small hill and immediately to the N of a depopulated hamlet, is a denuded circular stone-walled hut measuring c. 11.0m in diameter between the centres of a mutilated wall spread to c. 3.0m where best preserved in the N. The entrance is not evident. On the hill is evidence of a contemporary field system, in the form of stone clearance heaps and occasional lynchets, which is overlaid by cultivation contemporary with the hamlet including some lazybeds. Separated from this hill by a stream, are several more denuded stone clearance heaps in a grass field centred at NH 812 279 some 200 metres to the W.
Hut surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 22 March 1972.
Air photographs, taken by Jill Harden in 1989, are in Inverness Museum (8907.19-20 INVMG).
Information from J Harden 1989.
The sites were visited by NOSAS during a survey of the Corrybrough Estae in 2012-13. The hut circle was noted to have another very degraded hut circle abutting it; this was roughly 11m in diameter overall; no entrance could be detected. Also noted on the north facing slopes of the hill to the north of the hut circles were some extensive well preserved lynchets; they were centred on NH 815 280 and varied in length from 50m to 150m and from 0.3 to 0.5m in height. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG4769 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4770 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5038 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5039 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG26814 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Marshall, M.. 2013. Report of a Survey of archaeological sites on part of the Corrybrough Estate, near Tomatin, Inverness-shire. North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS). Digital. CB09.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8147 2792 (266m by 499m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH82NW |
| Civil Parish | MOY AND DALAROSSIE |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM11806 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14938 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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