Field Visit
Date 11 November 1970 - 22 March 1973
Event ID 607717
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/607717
Centred at NH 592 757 on a generally SW-facing slope is a settlement of seven stone-walled huts ('A' - 'G') and a contemporary field system.
All the huts are oval, and apart from 'F' and 'G' are oriented N to S with an entrance in the S either ill-defined or mutilated.
Hut 'A' (NH 5940 7571) measures about 10.0m by 9.0m between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round.
'B' (NH 5937 7573) is evident as a platform, measuring about 14.0m by 11.0m, with frontal build up and traces of walling round the rim.
'C' (NH 5931 7574) is evident mainly as a platform, the same size as hut 'B' and also with frontal build up. Four or five outer wall facing stones can be seen in the SW.
'D' (NH 5928 7586) measures about 12.5m by 10.5m between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round. An earth-fast block on the E side of the entrance may be a portal stone. A field wall extends eastwards from the E arc of the hut.
'E' (NH 5919 7588) is evident as a platform, measuring about 11.0m by 9.5m, with frontal build up and traces of walling round the rim.
'F' (NH 5927 7596) is oriented NW to SE and measures about 12.0m by 9.5m between the centres of a wall spread to 2.5m. The NW arc is mutilated. The entrance cannot be seen.
'G' (NH 5943 7561) is levelled into the hillside with a frontal build up and measures 13.0m NW-SE by 10.0m between the centres of a wall spread to an indeterminate width. The ill-defined entrance is in the SE.
The field-system, most clearly defined in the vicinity of huts 'D' & 'E', is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets and walls forming plots varying in size from about 25.0m by 12.0m to 30.0m by 20.0m.
Huts surveyed at 1/10 560.
Visited by OS (ISS) 22 March 1973 and (RL) 11 November 1970
