MHG62943 - Hut circle - northeast of Drumnagarrachan

Summary

Hut circle northeast of Drumnagarrachan.

Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. N.E. of Drumnagarrachan
Fifty yards down from the forestry road there is a 12yd diameter hut circle. The eroded wall is still massive, being broad and reaching a height of almost Oft on the down side where the entrance is difficult to identify. A short distance to the northeast there is a small cairn. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 19/07/23)

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4860 4049 (18m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH44SE
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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