Achnacloich
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achnacloich
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13753
Site Number NH67SE 26
NGR NH 6627 7431
NGR Description NH 66276 74309 and NH 66277 74386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13753
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SE 26 6627 7431 and 6628 7439.
At NH 6627 7429 and NH 6628 7437 on an afforested S-facing slope are two circular stone-walled huts (A and B respectively).
"A" is mutilated and measures about 9.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.2.0m all round. The indistinct entrance is in the SE.
"B", bisected by a later hill dyke, is about 12.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.3.0m. The SE arc is mutilated and no entrance is apparent.
No contemporary cultivation plots can be seen.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 October 1970.
Note (1979)
Achnacloich NH 662 743 NH67SE 26
These two mutilated hut-circles were recorded in 1970; they measured 9.0m and 12.5m respectively between wall-centres, and are now obscured by trees.
RCAHMS 1979
