MHG3259 - Hut circle - Tom A' Chu-Thair
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
At NH 5287 1120, on a knoll, is a circular stone-walled hut measuring c.12.5m between the centres of a wall spread to c.2.5m. The wall appears to widen in the E to c.3.0m where a gap of c.3.0m is probably a mutilated entrance. An upright block in the W arc is an outer facing stone, but no others are evident. The wall has been robbed, probably to build two rectangular house foundations immediately to the south. There is no sign of contemporary cultivation plots, but the area is occupied by several depopulated house foundations with contemporary field walls and lazybed cultivation.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 Feburary 1970
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 10 April 1979
GIS spatial data amended in 2021 according to the location of the feature as seen on 2011 vertical aerial photographs. <1>
See MHG63269 and MHG63270 for the farmstead and field system.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5286 1120 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH51SW |
| Civil Parish | BOLESKINE AND ABERTARFF |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12530 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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