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Cnoc Achadh Na H-uaighe
Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Field System(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Cnoc Achadh Na H-uaighe
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Field System(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 122377
Site Number NC70NW 2.05
NGR NC 716 074
NGR Description centred on NC 716 074
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122377
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (6 April 1981)
NC70NW 2.05 centred on 716 074
On the W flank of Cnoc Achadh na h-Vaighe is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C) one (A) with a souterrain, and an accompanying well-preserved field system. The field system is denoted in numerous stoned clearance heaps, spaced from 5.0 to 20.0m apart, interspersed with lynchets and occasional banks. There are two distinct field plots evident, one 60.0 by 12.0m the other 20.0 by 10.0m.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 6 April 1981.
Field Visit (9 March 1995)
NC70NW 2.05 centred on 716 074
There are at least thirty small cairns, measuring up to 4m in diameter and 0.4m in height, on the W flank of Cnoc Achadh na h-Uaighe. On the SW-facing hillside fragmentary lynchets and rickles of stone, up to 30m in length, may define subrectangular plots laid out along the contour. This hillside has been crudely improved and reseeded, producing patches of closely spaced grooves, which bear a passing resemblance to cord rig, in particular immediately to the N of a hut-circle (NC70NW 2.02, ROG95 43).
To the W, in the vicinity of the westernmost hut-circle (NC70NW 2.03. ROG95 41) at NC 7160 0754, a later earth banked field-system impinges on the small cairns and fragmentary banks, defining plots measuring at least 50m across.
(ROG95 571)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 9 March 1995
