MHG4686 - Hut circle, Chapleton School
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Access Audit 122 - HAW 11/2003
7/2/00 Fax and phone calls from local history group re cycle path construction appearing to be about to run through hut b as on SMR film maps. DL visited the site with Richard Gerring, Cycle Officer. Rerouting of path agreed on site, and trench backfilled for 10m from the outside edge of the hut. No other features apparent in the trench. DML 7/2/00
NH91NW 16 9264 1920 and 9247 1915.
At NH 9264 1920 is a stone-walled oval hut measuring 17.5m SE-NW by 16.5m SW-NE between the centres of a wall spread to 4.5m. The entrance is in the SE.
SW of the hut, at NH 9247 1915 is a curving bank spread to 4.5m which maybe the S arc of another hut, otherwise destroyed.
There are traces of walls, and stone clearance heaps of contemporary cultivation on both sides of the road.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I M T) 17 April 1974.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9256 1918 (246m by 103m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH91NW |
| Civil Parish | DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15390 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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