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Carn An Dubh-thalaimh
Cairnfield (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Hut(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Carn An Dubh-thalaimh
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Hut(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 13096
Site Number NH62NW 23
NGR NH 6467 2615
NGR Description Centred NH 6467 2615
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13096
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2 March 1972)
NH62NW 23 648 263.
Centred at NH 648 263 on the NE-running spine of a ridge called Cairn an Dubhhalaimh are a few scattered stone clearance heaps of the type usually associated with hut circles.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 March 1972.
Field Visit (19 November 1992)
There are two groups of small cairns, measuring up to 5m in diameter and 0.4m in height, to the NE and SW of Carn an Dubh-thalaimh. The larger group, centred on NH 648 263, comprises at least 20 cairns scattered along the spine of a ridge running away to the NE of Carn an Dubh-thalaimh.
The second group, NH 645 261, of about ten cairns, is situated on a terrace to the SW of Carn an Dubh-thalaimh. On the SW edge of this group of cairns there are what may be two huts (NH 6449 2606, NH 6450 2606, both measuring about 2.5m across within a stony bank 0.4m in thickness and 0.3m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 19 November 1992.
