MHG3502 - Black Wood of Leys

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Type and Period (1)

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

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NH63NE 34 6775 3826.

At NH 6775 3826 is a circular stone-walled hut measuring c. 10.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.5m all round. The entrance is not evident.
About 1.0m outside the hut in the E is an amorphous stony mound with one stone set upright within it. This is probably a stone clearance heap. Around the hut, but mainly to the N, are a number of stone clearance heaps, probably from contemporary plots.
Surveyed at 6" scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 21 January 1970.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6782 3830 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH63NE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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