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Field Visit
Date April 1983
Event ID 1114124
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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On the E flank of Hill of Craighead and bisected by a forestry track, there is a group of hut-circles and parts of a field-system. The houses are disposed in two tiers (A-E and F-H) which lie roughly parallel to the contour. The field-banks radiate out from the houses and extend for considerable distances to the W,N and E. On the SE several short stretches of bank are visible intermittently through the peat cover which probably masks a large part of the field-system.
Group A-E
This group contains five houses, three of which (A,B,C) are simple hut- circles while D and E form an unusual pair of Dalrulzian type houses sharing a common outer wall. Hut-circle B is overlain by C and D/E, and its wall-line has been encroached on by A. A stretch of walling, which forms an enclosure in front of the houses , springs from the outer wall of D/E, but its chronological relationship to the D/E is unclear. Houses A,D and E each have a single aumbrey in the inner wall-face. On the upper surface of a rock outcrop on the line of the enclosure wall there are four shallow cupmarks.
Group G-H
These three structures lie a short distance up slope from the first group and comprise: F, a circular enclosure, probably not a
hut-circle; G, a hut-circle cut by the forestry track; and H, a Dalrulzian house. Adjacent to F and H there are structures of more recent date.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) April (1983)
