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Field Visit
Date 22 October 1970
Event ID 663851
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/663851
NH78SW 13 707 821.
Centred at NH 707 821 on a generally W-facing slope, is a settlement of seven stone-walled huts (A - G) and a contemporary field system.
Hut 'A', set into a WNW-facing slope, is visible as an oval platform measuring c.13.0m NNE-SSW by c.10.5m bounded by traces of walling. The entrance is not apparent.
'B' is oval measuring c.15.5m NE-SW by c.13.0m between the centres of a wall spread to c.3.0m all round, in which a few outer wall facing stones are visible. The 'simple' entrance in the NE is c.1.0m wide.
'C', set into the slope, is visible as a circular platform, measuring c.9.5m in diameter, bounded by traces of walling in all arcs but the E. The entrance is not evident.
'D', set into the slope, is circular measuring c6.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.2.0m all round. The entrance cannot be seen.
'E' is circular with outer wall facing stones visible intermittently round most of the circumference giving an overall diameter of 9.0m. The wall is spread to c.2.5m all round. The S arc is mutilated. The entrance is in the NE and on the N side the wall extends eastwards for c2.0m, probably forming a windbreak.
'F', set into the slope, is circular measuring c.10.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.3.5m all round. The entrance in the SW is mutilated.
'G', set into the slope, is oval measuring c.16.0m N-S by c.14.0m between the centres of a wall spread to c.3.5m all round. The SW arc is mutilated by a drain. The entrance in the S is mutilated. The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps, noted as 'mounds' by Ashford (OS revisor, May 1966), lynchets and a few walls. It is best preserved to the NW of hut 'E', where a typical plot measures about 40m by 20m.
Field system delineated on 6" Record Sheet.
Visited by OS (R L) 22 October 1970.
