MHG3281 - Abriachan

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Type and Period (2)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
  • FIELD SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Centred at NH 558 353 on a S-facing slope is a field system marked by stone clearance heaps and traces of lynchets and field walls, with cultivation plots averaging about 30.0m by 20.0m. At NH 5583 3523 in the S part of the system is a contemporary circular stone walled hut. It is ill-defined by a wall spread to 2.0m in the NE where it is best preserved despite being clipped here by a later track. The mutilated entrance is in the SE.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 20 November 1971

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5586 3535 (275m by 293m) (3 map features)
Map sheet NH53NE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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