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Field Visit
Date 3 March 1988
Event ID 1114083
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1114083
The remains of seven buildings (13-19) lie within an area of hut-circles, field-banks and small cairns on the crest of a low, NW-SE aligned ridge 950m NNE of Tullymurdoch farmhouse.
13. NO 2002 5347 Situated at the W end of the field-system there are the remains of a small subrectangular building which measures 6.7m NW-SE by 5.5m over turf-covered wall-footings up to 1.6m thick and 0.2m high; a probable entrance gap is located in the SE corner.
14. NO 2006 5348 Situated immediately W of the westernmost hut-circle there are the footings of a rectangular building measuring 11.6m E-W by 4.2m over low wall-footings about 0.6m thick and 0.1m high. No entrance is apparent and the structure appears to be round-ended.
15. NO 2010 5347 This structure lies just to the E of the westernmost hut-circle and is tucked in at the back of a terrace at the break of slope. It measures approximately 10m E-W by 5.5m over low rubble wall-footings; there is a possible entrance gap at the E end of the S wall. Situated within the W end of the structure there is a setting of four small upright boulders. They are set in a roughly square setting with a distance of 0.85m between the faces of the stones on the SW, NW and NE; the SE stone appears to have slumped out of position. The tallest of the stones is 0.45m high and their purpose and relationship to the rectangular structure are not known.
16. NO 2020 5341 This rectangular structure overlies the N part of the centre of a double-walled hut-circle (7). The N and W walls of the structure have incorporated the fabric of the hut-circle wall, and the NW corner is thus rounded. It measures 5.4m NW-SE by 3.7m over wall-footings up to 0.7m thick and 0.4m high; the position of an entrance was not apparent.
17. NO 2023 5338 A small rectangular building measuring 13.3m NW-SE by 5.1m over rubble wall-footings measuring up to 0.9m thick and 0.3m high, lies on the E side of an enclosure. The building has a centrally-placed entrance on the S side and immediately to the S of the building, and parallel to it, there are the remains of a second structure defined by a complete robber trench measuring about 10m NW-SE by 3.5m The enclosure measures 14m NW-SE by 13.5m within a turf-covered boulder wall; there is an entrance on the S side and the enclosure has been built on top of a double-walled hut-circle (9).
18. NO 2026 5337 This rectangular building measures 9.5m NW-SE by 5.5m over turf-covered wall-footings which measure up to 0.8m in thickness and 0.5m in height. An outer face and a partial inner face of boulders are evident and the entrance is on the S side. Situated to the E of the building and possibly underlying the W end of it, there is an enclosure which measures 12.2m NW-SE by 12m within a turf-covered stony bank. There is an entrance on the S side and in the NW corner there are the remains of a probable hut-circle (11).
19. NO 2024 5334 This structure overlies the W side of a hut-circle (12) and measures 11.5m NNE-SSW by 6.7m over a low turf-covered bank; the position of the entrance is not apparent.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 March 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
