Ardvannie
Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ardvannie
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13823
Site Number NH68NE 23
NGR NH 6690 8738
NGR Description Centred NH6690 8738
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13823
- Council Highland
- Parish Edderton
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH68NE 23 centred 669 874
Centred at NH 669 874 on a generally N-facing slope are two stone-walled huts (A and B).
Hut 'A' set into a knoll, is visible mainly as a platform, c.9.5m in diameter, bounded by stony build up in the NE, and back scarp in the SW. The entrance is not evident. Immediately outside the hut in the SW is a modern quarry hole.
'B' at the base of a N-facing slope, is overgrown. It is circular measuring c.6.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c.2.0m all round. The entrance cannot be seen.
Two or three stone clearance heaps in the vicinity of the huts are probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S), 2 October 1973.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Ardvannie 1 NH 669 874 NH68NE 23
At least two hut-circles are visible among numerous cairns of widely varying sizes 1 km WSW of Ardvannie House.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
