Loch Vatachan
Archaeological Landscape (Prehistoric) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Loch Vatachan
Classification Archaeological Landscape (Prehistoric) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Badentarbat; Allt Braigh An' T Stratha
Canmore ID 116408
Site Number NC01SW 35
NGR NC 011 110
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116408
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (10 August 1994)
NC01SW 35 centred 011 110
NC01SW 35.01 Centred NC 0108 1088 Hut-circles; Banks; Small cairns (ACHIL94 419, 447-8, 452)
NC01SW 35.02 Centred NC 0117 1103 Shieling-huts; Enclosures; Banks; Lazy-beds (ACHIL94 449-51, 453)
On the bracken and heather covered hillside above the W shore of Loch Vatachan, to either side of the Allt Braigh an' t Stratha, there is a group of features comprising four hut-circles, five shieling-huts, several lengths of bank, fragmentary enclosures, a scatter of small cairns and a small area of lazy-bed cultivation. The hut-circles are situated on higher ground than the shieling-huts; they and the banks and small cairns around them are described under NC01SW 35.01. The shieling-huts and the remaining features are described under NC01SW 35.02.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB), 10 August 1994.
