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Field Visit
Date March 1984
Event ID 1199365
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1199365
NO79SW 12 744 909 to 752 912
Four hut-circles are situated within an extensive group of cairns and field-banks which straddles the crest of the hill known as the Ord. The hut-circles are at:-
1. NO 7465 9095: measuring 9m from E to W by 8m transversely within a stony bank up to 2.3m thick and 0.4m high. The interior is levelled into the slope on the E, where the bank is reduced to a stony scarp 0.4m high, and the entrance is on the W.
2. NO 7480 9098: measuring 8m from N to S by 7.5m transversely within a stony bank 2m thick and 0.3m high. There are gaps in the bank on the SSE and NNW.
3. NO 7483 9095: measuring 9.5m in diameter within a stony bank up to 2.5m thick and 0.6m high. The hut-circle has been ploughed for forestry and the position of entance is unclear.
4. NO 7489 9100: measuring 9m from E to W by 8m transversely within a stony bank up 2.2m thick and 0.5m high. The interior is probably levelled into the slope on the NW and the entrance is on the SE. It has been ploughed for forestry.
At least 580 cairns are scattered over an area of 19ha around the hut-circles; they vary between 2m and 6m in diameter and are up to 0.8m in height. Amongst them there are several massive field-banks up to 3m thick, the majority of which occur running along the crest of the hill crosses the site from ENE to WSW and the area to the S of the fence has been ploughed for forestry.
RCAHMS 1984, visited March 1984.
(DES 1977, 19)
