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Fanblair
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fanblair
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12599
Site Number NH53NW 21
NGR NH 5087 3612
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH53NW 21 5087 3612.
At NH 5087 3612, set into a N-facing slope, is an ill-defined, oval, stone-walled hut measuring c.10.0.m from the SW through the 'simple' entrance in the NE by c.8.5m transversely between the centres of a wall spread to. c.2.5m all round.
Around the hut are a number of stone clearance heaps, probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (R L) 12 Feburary 1970
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 7 January 1972
This hut-circle and field-system were visited during a pre-afforestation survey by J Wordsworth (NMRS MS 961/9, no.4). The full extent of this site, which covers about 2.7 hectares, is difficult to establish although it does seem to be localised along the ridge. There is a faint suggestion of broad rig on the N, extending down toward Fanblair though this identification is tenuous.
J Wordsworth 15 December 1995; NMRS MS 961/9, no.5
Field Visit (18 September 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 12 November 2014.
