MHG39217 - Hut circle - Balbeg
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NMRS NH43DE63
RCAHMS 1997, URQ97 257
This hut-circle stands amidst an extensive group of small cairns on the crest of a low ridge in open moorland. Oval on plan, it measures 9.7m from NNW to SSE by 7.1m transversely within a wall reduced to a stony bank 0.5m high and 2.1m thick. The entrance is on the SSE. The cairns, of which at least 72 can be identified, are concentrated in a 50m wide band, stretching for about 275m from NE to SW along the crest of the ridge. One cairn overlies the NE arc of the hut-circle.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 24 September 1997
Info from Dr H. Robinson April 2005
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4522 3197 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH43SE |
| Civil Parish | URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/259506 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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