MHG62536 - Hut circle - Hillton (Balnafoich)
Summary
A hut circle at Hillton (Balnafoich).
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A hut circle at Hillton (Balnafoich).
A hut circle measuring c.12m in diameter, into the northern arc of which a telegraph pole has been inserted, lies c.48m to the southeast of Knottywood Cottage, near Balnafoich, Farr. It is visible on vertical aerial photographs. <1> <2>
This feature and its location would fit the description of a hut circle described by Woodham in 1963 but given a grid reference some 150m to the southeast (see MHG3525) and which couldn't be found at that location by the OS Field Investigator the same year [IS-L 17/02/2022].
The feature is visible in the centre of an oblique photograph supplied as part of a photographic record for a building to its immediate southwest. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
- <2> SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. XY
- <3> SHG28860 Image/Photograph(s): Maclennan, J.. 2017. Photographic record of outbuilding, Knottywood Cottage, Farr. Colour digital. No. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6792 3557 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63NE |
| Civil Parish | DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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