Cnoc Na Sgaile
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Na Sgaile
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12244
Site Number NH33SE 11
NGR NH 3834 3219
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12244
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (20 March 1973)
NH33SE 11 3834 3219.
At NH 3834 3219, on a plateau separated from NH 33 SE 12 by a wet gully, is an oval stone-walled hut measuring about 13.0m NW - SE by about 9.5m between the centres of a wall spread to about 3.5m all round. The entrance, in the SE, is ill-defined.
On the plateau and on the slopes to the W of the hut are a number of stone clearance heaps, probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Surveyed at 1/10 000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 20 March 1973
Field Visit (6 August 1997)
This hut-circle is situated on the SW end of a ridge in thick woodland. It measures 8.8m from NE to SW by 7.7m transversely within a stony bank spread to 3.5m in thickness and 0.75m in height, and there is an entrance on the SE. The small cairns reported by the OS (1973) (these may be the area of field clearance described by J Wordsworth 1999) were not found in the dense woodland cover.
(URQ97 401)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 6 August 1997
J Wordsworth 1999, NMRS MS 961/ no.37
