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Field Visit
Date 10 May 1995
Event ID 1033748
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1033748
There are four hut-circles on the rounded, heather-covered ridge between Cnoc Cairaidh and Cnoc Meadhonach, to the W of Glenelg. Three (ROG95 271-3) have been noted previously. They measure between 9.7m by 8.8m (ROG95 271) and 13.1m by 10.9m (ROG95 273) within stony banks spread to 2.4m in thickness and up to 1m in height. The entrances lie on the S, SSE and E respectively, and the terminals of the banks of two of the hut-circles (ROG95 271-2) have been expanded. A secondary hut-circle, measuring 5.9m in diameter within a faced bank, 1.2m in thickness, has been inserted into the interior of one of the hut-circles (ROG95 272), sharing a common entrance with the earlier building. The fourth hut-circle (ROG95 274) is a new discovery and comprises no more than a low circular platform, measuring about 10m in diameter and up to 0.4m in height.
There is a scatter of small cairns, measuring up to 5m in diameter and 0.5m in height, along the crest and well-drained N and W flanks of the ridge. To the S and W the distribution of cairns peters out in increasingly boggy ground. Fragments of banks were visible amongst the cairns, largely obscured by the rank heather covering most of the ridge. In a patch of intensively burnt ground on the W flank of the ridge (NC c.7025 0520), what may be cord rig, measuring about 1.5m between furrows, is visible.
ROG95 272, NC 7343 0513, OS'A'
ROG95 271, NC 7352 0519, OS'B'
ROG95 273, NC 7341 0519, OS'C'
ROG95 274, NC 7339 0516
(ROG95 271-4, 945)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 10 May 1995
