Field Visit
Date 9 August 1994
Event ID 1042899
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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In the rough ground surrounding a post-medieval enclosure on the ridge, which is known as Bad a' Chotair, there are nine hut-circles which have previously been described under NC00NW 8, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16. Four measure about 12m in internal diameter, one is 9.2m, and the remaining four are about 7.5m; all are surrounded by banks up to 1.5m in breadth and, where visible, the entrances lie on the S or SE. Two (ACHIL94 362, 378) have baffle walls at the entrance. What may have been other hut-circles, identified by the OS (NC00NW 16 B and D), were not located on the date of visit whilst a third (NC00NW 14 B) is no more than a small enclosure.
Juxtaposed, but not necessarily associated, with the hut-circles, there are numerous stretches of stony field banks and small cairns. The banks occasionally form enclosures or fields but are often little more than linear clearance heaps. The banks to the N of Bad a' Chotair were previously described under NC00NW 21.
ACHIL94 355, NC 0269 0901 (formerly NC00NW 13)
ACHIL94 362, NC 0281 0889 (formerly NC00NW 9)
ACHIL94 371, NC 0295 0893 (formerly NC00NW 14A)
ACHIL94 373, NC 0295 0874 (formerly NC00NW 8)
ACHIL94 375, NC 0317 0882 (formerly NC00NW 15)
ACHIL94 378, NC 0308 0895 (formerly NC00NW 14C)
ACHIL94 382, NC 0307 0874
ACHIL94 383, NC 0305 0866 (formerly NC00NW 16C)
ACHIL94 384, NC 0312 0849 (formerly NC00NW 16A)
(ACHIL94 355, 362, 371, 373, 375, 378, 382-4)
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 9 August 1994
