Field Visit
Date 3 November 1999
Event ID 921991
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/921991
NT71NE 124
The Hows
Building; Enclosure
NT 77593 16371
On the NW shoulder of The Hows there are the reduced remains of two buildings and an enclosure. The better preserved of the two buildings (NT 77598 16374) measures 22m from WNW to ESE by 4.3m transversely within turf and stone walls 0.5m in height and 1.8m thick. The interior slopes downhill to the W and possibly contains a drain; there is also an exterior drain along the N wall. There are entrances on the N and S walls. Extending from the S wall is a small D-shaped yard measuring 17m from WNW to ESE by 10m transversely. This building overlies the S end of an earlier turf building (NT 77590 16386) which measures 6.9m from N to S by 2.9m transversely, within walls up to 0.4m in height and 1.2m thick.
(KALE99 450-451)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 3 November 1999, with additional information from RCAHMS (BM)
