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Field Visit
Date 11 August 1982
Event ID 554096
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/554096
Situated on a N-facing slope in open moorland are four heather and turf-covered hut circles (A - D), two burnt mounds (E, F), and the remains of an enclosure.
Hut circle 'A' is overlaid and partially destroyed by a ruinous, early-modern house. It measures 8.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 3.0m and surviving to 0.4m average height; the simple entrance is in the E arc. There are two upright slabs positioned radially at the periphery of the hut interior. Within the wall in the SE arc is a small, stone-lined chamber of uncertain age and purpose.
'B' is 11.0m E-W by 10.0m transversely within a wall now spread from 3.0 to 4.0m and 0.6m high. Outside the entrance in the E is a low, elongated mound which bars direct access to the hut interior. A slight, stony mound towards the centre of the hut is of uncertain age and purpose. There are several rectangular footings around the hut which may be shielings.
'C' measures 6.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 2.0m and 0.4m high. The entrance, of simple form, is in the E, and the inner wall-face of contiguous slabs is exposed intermittently. A possible compartment abuts the inner wall-face on the N side.
'D' is 9.0m E-W by 8.0m transversely within a wall, now spread from 2.5 to 3.0m and 0.7m high, in which occasional inner facing-stones are exposed. A possible compartment abuts the hut on the outside of the NE segment.
Situated on a slope are two turf-covered mounds of somewhat similar appearance, both of which contain quantities of small burnt stones. The northernmost (E) is kidney-shaped, 9.0 by 6.5m and 1.3m high on the lower (N) side.
Mound 'F', of similar shape, measures 10.5 by 9.5m and 1.0m high from the N. There are a number of large slabs protruding from this mound including three, possibly four, in line. These stones are earthfast and appear to have formed some structure. Neither mound lies close by an obvious water source.
Immediately N of hut 'C' are a number of stones outlining three sides of a small rectangular structure of unknown purpose. From its vicinity, a boulder wall, deep-set in the peat, extends W then E around hut 'C', before turning N and terminating at the E side of hut 'D'. It is probably contemporary with the hut circles.
There is no other evidence of associated land-use.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 August 1982.
