Field Visit
Date 14 October 1987
Event ID 1122188
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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NO05NE 23 0617 5614.
A group of three hut-circles lies within an extensive field-system of small cairns and stony banks some 700m ESE of Pitcarmick Loch. The extent of the field-system is as is indicated on the OS 1:10,000 record map and it should be noted that within the area of the field-system there are numerous other structures including a Pitcarmick-type building (NO 05 NE 73) and several shieling huts (NO 05 NE 74-6, 78 and 90).
1. NO 0614 5617 (OS 'A') This double-walled hut-circle measures 10m in diameter within its inner wall (1m thick and 0.3m high) which has had an inner face of slabs set on edge but no discernible outer face.
The hut-circle measures 16.5m in overall diameter and the outer wall, which has an incomplete outer face of slabs set on edge but no visible inner face, is 1m thick and 0.3m high. The outwardly-splayed entrance lies on the SE, but on the NE there is what may be a deliberate gap in the inner face of the inner wall.
2. NO 0612 5616 (OS 'B') This double-walled hut-circle is situated about 20m SW of (1) and measures 8.9m in diameter within an inner wall (c. 1.3m thick and 0.3m high) which has a prominent inner face of slabs set on edge. On plan the wall is distinctly flattened on the SW, and the outwardly-splayed entrance (1.4m wide) on the SE is now partly blocked by a boulder which probably originally formed part of the inner face on the E side of the entrance. The hut measures 15.6m in overall diameter, the outer wall, which is 0.9m thick and 0.3m high, has several large outer facing-stones; on the NW the outer wall merges with a field-bank and much of the SW arc has been robbed.
3. NO 0623 5608 (OS 'C') This single-walled hut-circle is situated about 120m SE of (1 and 2) and lies on the opposite side of a burn gully. It measures 9.4m in diameter within a wall reduced to a stony bank 1.2m in thickness and 0.3m in height; its inner wall-face originally comprised a series of flat slabs set on edge, whilst the outer face is a mixture of slabs and large rounded boulders. The poorly-preserved entrance is situated on the S. Abutting the inner face of the wall on the NW there is a small structure measuring 3.6m NW-SE by 4.7m over stone wall-footings 0.5m thick and 0.1m high.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 14 October 1987.
RCAHMS 1990
