MHG3510 - Achlascheille
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Type and Period (1)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Undated)
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- None recorded
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NH63NE 41 691 374.
Centred at NH 691 374 on a SW-facing slope are two stone-walled huts (A and B) and an associated field system.
Hut 'A' is circular measuring c. 8.5m between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.5m. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
Hut 'B' is oval measuring c. 18.0m NNW-SSE by c. 15.0m transversely between the centres of a denuded wall of indeterminate width. Three boulders, one displaced, occur around the E arc. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps lynchets and occasional field walls, defining plots varying between 10.0m by 12.0m and 30.0m by 15.0m.
More than half of it in the NE has recently been ploughed by the Forestry Commission.
Huts surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (A A) 16 March 1970.
Huts surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 8 December 1971.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6918 3723 (770m by 990m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63NE |
| Civil Parish | DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13143 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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