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MHG40368 - Field system - Achvraid

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A large field system at Achvraid, probably associated with a number of hut circles that lie amongst and around it.

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A large field system at Achvraid, probably associated with a number of hut circles that lie amongst and around it.

Centred at NH 647 380 on a broad ridge, is a settlement of eight stone-walled huts (A - H) and an associated field system.
The field system comprises ruined field walls, lynchets, and stone clearance heaps, defining cultivation plots about 30.0m x 20.0m average size.
Huts A - D surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 January 1970.

Huts A and E - H surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 26 November 1971.

Aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1994) reveal at least four further hut-circles at about NH 6499 3803, NH 6507 3836, NH 6462 3860 and NH 6477 3864. The small cairns and field-system cover a much larger area than delimited by the OS, extending as far as the easternmost hut-circle (NH 6507 3836), and for some 200m to the N of the northernmost hut-circle (NH 6477 3864). Fragments of what may be cord rig are visible on the aerial photographs across much of the area, but there are well-defined patches centred on NH 6462 3798, NH 6499 3803 and NH 6465 3855 (this cord rig lies within a field bank).
Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 31 January 1997

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6480 3817 (776m by 1307m)
Map sheet	NH63NW
Civil Parish	INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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