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Cnoc A' Leacachan
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc A' Leacachan
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 123544
Site Number NH57SE 34
NGR NH 576 726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/123544
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH57SE 34 576 726
NH 576 726 A previously unrecorded roundhouse settlement already cut by the existing estate road was also clipped by the new windfarm access road. The remains of three roundhouses and associated clearance cairns survive on the E side of Cnoc a? Leacachan covering an area of c 2ha. The best-preserved is oval, 11 x 8m internally with a probable entrance to the SE. One roundhouse, 10m in internal diameter, was partially exposed during the construction work. It had already been damaged by the existing road. The exposed section was drawn and a radiocarbon sample (2400?60 BP) taken from a possible wattle fence lining the inner face of a ?turf bank 2m wide. The interior of the house was not excavated and was sealed by terram matting before the road metalling was laid. One worked quartz flake was found outside the structure. About half of the building remains undisturbed.
Sponsor: National Power.
J Wordsworth 1997
Field Visit (1997)
NH 576 726
A previously unrecorded roundhouse settlement already cut by the existing estate road was also clipped by the
new windfarm access road. The remains of three roundhouses and associated clearance cairns survive on the E side of Cnoc a'Leacachan covering an area of c 2ha. The best-preserved is oval, 11 x 8m internally with a probable entrance to the SE. One roundhouse, 10m in internal diameter, was partially exposed during the construction work. It had already been damaged by the existing road. The exposed section was drawn and a
radiocarbon sample (2400±60 BP) taken from a possible wattle fence lining the inner face of a ?turf bank 2m wide. The interior of the house was not excavated and was sealed by terram matting before the road metalling was laid. One worked quartz flake was found outside the structure. About half of the building remains undisturbed.
J Wordsworth 1997
