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Ardoch
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ardoch
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13786
Site Number NH67SW 22
NGR NH 6097 7230
NGR Description NH 6097 7230 and NH 611 718
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13786
- Council Highland
- Parish Alness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SW 22 6097 7230 and 611 718.
At NH 6097 7230 on a NE slope is a ruinous stone-walled hut visible as a platform measuring c.11.0m NE-SW by c.9.5m transversely, with traces of a stone-wall around the N half. The SW arc, visible as a slight scarp, is mutilated by a track. The ill-defined entrance is in the NE. The hut is crossed by a fence.
To the S is an area of stone clearance heaps probably from contemporary cultivation plots. Isolated from this area by a boggy gully and centred at NH 611 718 is a smaller area of clearance heaps, also probably contemporary with the hut.
Visited by OS (A A) 10 November 1970.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 22 August 1972.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Ardoch NH 609 723 NH 67SW22
There are two possible hut-circles and a number of small cairns about 500m W of Ardoch.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
