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Loch Cuil Na Caillich

Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Loch Cuil Na Caillich

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Aigas Loch

Canmore ID 12383

Site Number NH44SE 11

NGR NH 4505 4149

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmorack
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH44SE 11 4504 4149.

(NH 4504 4149) Hut Circle (NR)

OS 25"map, (1970)

Situated on a level hill shelf is a circular stone-walled hut (described by Wallace (T Wallace 1886)) measuring c.13.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.2.5m all round. Several inner wall facing stones are visible round the S and W arcs. The 'simple' entrance in the E is c.1.5m wide.

Visited by OS (R L) 18 March 1970

Published survey (25") revised

Visited by OS (I S S) 12 January 1972

Activities

Field Visit (March 1979)

Aigas House NH 450 414 NH44SE 11

This circular house measures about 13.5m in diameter within a wall now spread to 2.2m in thickness.

RCAHMS 1979, visited March 1979

(Wallace 1886, 352)

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