MHG62779 - Hut circle - Achvraid
Summary
One of a number of hut circles around Achvraid.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
One of a number of hut circles around Achvraid.
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
The area was photographed from the air by J.S. Bone in 1999 <1> <2>
GIS spatial data created in 2023 according to the location of the feature as seen on 2020 vertical APs. It is a very prominent earthwork but its centre actually lies c.48m south of the grid reference given by RCAHMs in 1997 as above (NH 6499 3803). It measures. 14.5m in diameter and may be of two phases of construction as there appears to be an 'extension' off its southwest arc. Alternatively there may be two superimposed hut circles. <3>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG3859 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG8690 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Bone, J.S.. Achvraid, hut circles and field system. Colour Print. .
- <2> SHG8691 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Bone, J.S.. Achvraid, hut circles and field system. Colour Print. .
- <3> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6499 3798 (26m by 26m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63NW |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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