Drove Stance
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Drove Stance
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13752
Site Number NH67SE 25
NGR NH 65412 74693
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13752
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SE 25 6541 7468.
At NH 6541 7468 on the brink of a S slope in a pasture field is a circular stone - walled hut c.10.5m in diameter between the centres of a mutilated wall spread to c.3.0m in the N arc, but destroyed in the S by erosion. The indistinct entrance is in the SE outside of which are a number of boulders which are probably displaced from the hut.
There is no evidence of contemporary cultivation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 October 1970.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Drove Stance NH 654 746 NH67SE 25
This hut-circle measures about 10.5m in diameter within a wall about 3m thick. The entrance is on the SE and there are outer facing-stones on the N.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
Watching Brief (December 2009)
NH 65506 75103 A watching brief was undertaken in
December 2009 during the construction of a new house at
Plot 2, Drover’s Stance. The development site lies to the N
of a hut circle (NH67SE 25). No archaeological deposits or
features were recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: HCAU and RCAHMS
Funder: Mr R Mackinnon
