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Coille Na Ceardaich
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Coille Na Ceardaich
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12230
Site Number NH32NE 3
NGR NH 36597 28486
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12230
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (7 October 1970)
NH32NE 3 3660 2848.
At NH 3660 2848 is a circular stone-walled hut measuring c. 9.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c. 3.9m all round. A few outer facing stones are evident in the S arc. The entrance, in the E, is mutilated. Inside the hut, against the N arc, is a sub-circular stony platform c. 2.5m across.
In the vicinity of the hut are several stone clearance heaps probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (R L) 7 October 1970
Field Visit (10 January 1979)
(NH 3660 2848) Unannotated circle
OS 1/10,000 map, (1971)
This is a hut circle, noted by the previous field investigator, situated in undulating moorland. It is heather covered and measures about 7.5m in internal diameter within a wall which has been approximately 1.5m wide but is now spread to about 3.0m, and stands 0.4m in average height. Stones of the wall protrude through the peat and heather, with a few outer facing stones evident in the S arc. The entrance is in the E. Inside the hut, against the N arc, is a sub-circular stony platform of unknown purpose measuring about 2.5m across. Its origins are possibly natural. Contemporary cultivation is discernible over about two hectares, marked by several scattered clearance heaps. No plots are evident.
Published survey (1/10,000) correct.
Visited by OS (J B) 10 January 1979
Aerial Photography (14 December 2012)
HES undertook UAV aerial photography at Corrimony and upper Glen Urquhart on 14 December 2022.
The survey consisted of the capture of 48 oblique aerial photographs of two hut circles, two farmsteads and the well-known chambered cairn. The imagery was captured using a DJI Inspire 2 UAV (X7/FC6540 camera and 24mm equivalent lens). The oblique images were edited in Adobe Photoshop CC and archived as both raw (DNG) and tiff formats.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (GF Geddes and D M Bratt), 15 December 2022.
