MHG66422 - Hut circle - Allt Rosail ('C')
Summary
A hut circle at Allt Rosail.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
A hut circle at Allt Rosail. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'C'. See MHG12464 for hut circle 'A', MHG66421 for hut circle 'B', MHG66423 for hut circle 'D' and MHG41406 for the clearance cairns.
('A': NC 7001 4149) Enclosures (NR) ('B': NC 6983 4165 and 'C': NC 6990 4170 and 'D': NC 6996 4171) Enclosures (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A settlement of four hut circles ('A'-'D') discovered by the previous field investigator (OS {J L D}). Huts A and B are in a forest; C and D in open moorland.
'A' is totally obscured by particularly dense tree growth. When discovered it was 16m in diameter and consisted of an earth and stone bank 2.5m broad and 0.3m high. The entrance was not apparent but may have been in the SE.
'B' in a faint clearing is 14.5m N-S by 11.5m within a heather-covered wall spread at most to 2.5m and 0.4m in average height. The entrance in the S is unusually wide at 4.0m.
'C' is 10.5m in diameter within a heather-covered wall generally spread to 2.5m widening to 3.5m at the entrance in the S. The wall's maximum height of 0.9m is at the W by a projecting bank 3.0m long.
'D' survives as a platform 10m in overall diameter, the mere vestiges of a wall about 0.2m high can be seen around the perimeter. The entrance is in the S.
A few scattered clearance heaps occur around 'C' and 'D'.
Visited by OS (J L D) 11 May 1960 and (J B) 16 August 1978.
The site is now protected Collectively as a Scheduled Monument of National Importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act (1979) September 13 th 2005
DEH(23/01/06) see Assiociated Docs NC74SW0001
The site is visible in vertical aerial photography. <1> <2> <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. XY
- <2> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020.
- <3> SHG29455 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2023. Getmapping aerial photography 2023.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6989 4170 (30m by 29m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC64SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM4406 (View full online HES designation record)
- https://trove.scot/place/5685 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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