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Field Visit
Date 23 April 1974
Event ID 683839
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/683839
NO15NE 10 centred 159 578.
Centred at NO 160 579 is a settlement of 16 stone-walled huts (A - Q) and a well-preserved contemporary field system.
'A' measures 9.0m in diameter within a wall spread to 2.5m. The ill-defined entrance is in the E arc.
'B', adjacent to 'A', is 14.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall poorly-preserved except to the W of the S entrance where it is spread to 3.5m.
'C' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut measuring 7.5m in diameter internally and 14.0m between the centres of the outer wall. A gap in the outer wall about 4.0m W of the SSE entrance is uncertainly a mutilation or an original entrance way into the annular space.
'D' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut set well into the steep SW slope. It measures 9.5m N-S by 8.5m E-W internally and 14.5m between the centres of the outer wall. The central area is eccentrically placed so that the space between the walls increases to 4.0m in the E. In the W arc the walls are joined to make one solid wall.
'E' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut 9.0m in diameter internally and 14.5m between outer wall centres, with a well-preserved SSE entrance.
'F' is a small single-walled circle 6.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 2.0m with an ill-defined entrance in the NW. A wall runs from the W arc to join the wall of hut 'E' just to the W of the entrance, and another runs from the E arc to join the W arc of hut 'H'. 'G' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut 8.5m in diameter internally and 15.0m between outer wall centres with a S entrance.
'H' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut 7.0m in diameter internally and 14.0m between outer wall centres with a SSE entrance.
'J' is an ill-defined 'Dalrulzion' hut with a scarcely visible inner area c. 7.5m in diameter, and a diameter of 15.0m between outer wall centres. SSE entrance.
'K' is an ill-defined single-walled hut c. 8.0m in diameter with the entrance in the WSW.
'L' is 13.5m between the centres of a mainly ill- defined wall spread to 2.0m in the S. The wall is destroyed in the N. Entrance in SSE.
'M' is 11.0m between the centres of a wall spread to 2.5m and partially destroyed in the W. The ill-defined entrance is in the S.
'N' and 'O' are a double 'Dalrulzion' complex of unusual plan (see enlargement).
'P' is a 'Dalgulzion' hut with an oval annexe adjoining the E arch (see enlargement).
'Q' is a 'Dalrulzion' hut of unusual plan (see enlargement).
'R' is a strong walled enclosure, uncertainly a hut, measuring 7.0m N-S by 6.0m E-W between the centres of a wall spread to 3.0m. No entrance is evident.
'S' is a similar strong enclosure 7.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 3.0m, with no entrance evident.
The field system is marked by numerous irregular walls, lynchets and some stone clearance heaps. There are suggestions of trackways between the fields and gaps in the walls suggesting gateways.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (AA) 23 April 1974
