MHG40425 - Clearance cairns and field system - Meall an T-Socaidh
Summary
Clearance cairns and field system at Meall an T-Socaidh.
Type and Period (2)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Clearance cairns and field system at Meall an T-Socaidh, associated with at least 3 hut circles (see MHG10581, MHG63317 and MHG63318).
At NC 7737 3257 and NC 7732 3249, in the middle reaches of an east-facing hillside, are two hut circles (A and B respectively) in association with a field system 1.5 hectares area. The latter is mainly shown by stone clearance mounds spaced on average 10-20.0m apart, with occasional lynchets evident; one or two cultivation plots 10.0m by 15.0m are discernible.
'A', set against a steep slope, is 6.3m internal diameter and has a simple entrance from the east. A partly heather-covered wall, 0.4m high and not more than 1.0m in width, is largely composed of boulder slabs on edge.
'B', remains as a platform-effect set into a slight slope with vestiges of peat-silted wall rimming the N half. It is about 12.0m diameter overall. An entrance is no longer evident.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (J M) 17 February 1977.
The cairns are visible on vertical aerial photographs taken at various times between 1999 and 2023. <1>
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7736 3255 (187m by 193m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC73SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
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