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Field Visit
Date 19 March 1974
Event ID 686361
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/686361
NO25SW 6 centred on 202 534.
Centred at NO 202 534 is a settlement of nine circular stone-walled huts (A - J) within a contemporary field system marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets, and ruinous walls, which is partly overlaid by walls contemporary with several late rectangular buildings to the E of the huts.
'A' is a "Dalrulzian" hut, measuring 15.0m between the centres of the outer wall, and 8.5m injtrnally, with an ill-defined entrance in the SE. The inner face of contiguous stones is well-preserved. A contemporary wall runs W from the W arc.
'B', 'C', and 'D' are part of an unusual "Dalrulzian" complex which has suffereed mutilation. 'B' is 9.0m internally; 'C', 11.0m internally; and 'D', the best preserved, is 7.0m internally. (See enlargement.)
'E' is a well-preserved "Dalrulzian" type hut 18.5m between outer wall centres and 10.0m internally, with the entrance in the S.
'F' - Only vague traces survive. It appears to have been a "Dalrulzian" hut, 8.0m internally and about 15.0m between outer wall centres. It abuts in the N on to a curving field wall which runs SE to join hut 'G'. 'G' is a "Dalrulzian" hut of similar dimensions as 'F'. No entrance is evident. The centre is partly overlaid by a later rectangular building (5.0m x 3.5m).
'H' is a single-walled hut 10.0m in diameter within a wall 1.4m thick. Occasional outer and inner facing stones are visible. The entrance is not visible but may be obscured by the remains of a probably secondary wall which joins the SE arc.
'J' severely mutilated, is 7.5m between the centres of a wall spread to 2.0m with an ill-defined entrance in the SSW. Traces of an outer wall curving round the N and W arcs suggest that this has been a "Dalrulzian" hut.
Immediately to the SW, and also 20.0m SE of 'J', are two almost identical later rectangular buildings attached to the E arcs of two contemporary sub-circular enclosures measuring about 16.0m in diameter. Within the enclosure to the SW are traces of earlier stonework, which suggests that the enclosure overlies the last fragments of a "Dalrulzian" hut with a possible internal diameter of 9.5m.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (IMT) 19 March 1974
