Archaeology Notes

Event ID 811654

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR34NW 20 3364 4696

At NR 336 470 is a round house founddation 34ft to 35ft in diameter over a 6ft wide spread wall of earth and gravel, with on the south east an incurved hollow and narrow entrance covered internally by an oblique screen wall.

F Newall 1963.

NR 3364 4696 A hut circle, situated on a low but prominent swelling in an area of peat mire. It measures overall 13m north-south by 12m east-west with turf covered earth and rubble walling up to 4.5m wide and 1.2m high externally. The bank is badly mutilated in the south east quadrant. The interior is slightly dished and raised above the surrounding ground with a maximum internal height of 1.0m. There are several large stones incorporated in the bank at different levels, but neither kerbing or orthostating was detected.

There is no evidence of an associated field system.

Surveyed at 1:10000.

Visited by OS (JRL), 2 June 1978.