MHG8302 - Hut circle - Cnoc Udais
Summary
Hut circle platform with a later building overlying it.
Type and Period (2)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A modern building, now ruined and measuring 8m NE-SW by 3m appears to overly an earlier structure about 9.5m in diameter with an entrance gap in its E arc - possibly a hut circle.
Visited by OS (ISS) 11 April 1973.
A DBA and walkover survey was carried out by Ross and Cromarty Archaeological Services in 2014 on behalf of ALF Burn Hydro Ltd in advance of the installation of a 100kW hydro scheme at Auchmore Farm, near Muir of Ord, Ross-shire.
Site 16; Hut circle platform with a later building overlying it. The house has a twinning pen in the northeast end and a stone platform at the southwest end. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4859 4969 (26m by 26m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH44NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | URRAY |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/76517 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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