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Faillie
Field System (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Faillie
Classification Field System (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14125
Site Number NH73NW 8
NGR NH 7089 3853
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14125
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH73NW 8 7089 3853.
There are grave mounds on the Moor of Faillie, between Faillie and Wade's Old Edinburgh Road.
ISSFC 1885.
At NH 7089 3853, set into a SE slope is a circular stone-walled hut measuring 9.0m overall with the wall spread to c. 2.0m all round. The outer face of contiguous stones is visible in the NW with others occasionally visible around the remainder of the circumference. One earthfast stone in the NW may be an inner facing stone, giving a wall thickness of 1.7m at this point. The simple entrance in the SE is 1.0m wide with its SW side flanked by an upright stone.
To the SW of the hut is an associated field system which has recently been ploughed over and afforested, and is probably the "grave mounds" referred to by authy 1. It consists of stone clearance heaps, and occasional lynchets and field walls. Ploughing has destroyed details of most of the fields, but one or two measure c. 30.0m by 20.0m.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (W D J) 2 September 1963 and (A A) 23 April 1970.
Field Visit (8 June 2009 - 5 July 2009)
The overhead electric power line extends from Daviot Elevation of Creag nan Uamh showing relationship of Claonaite and the main bone sites to the Bone Caves (NH 7225 3966) to the Wester Drummond Generator SW of Whitebridge (cNH 469 139), with branches at Foyers (cNH 4998 2024) and Glenlia (cNH 5113 2083). Work was conducted, 8 June–5 July 2009, to establish the nature and extent of any archaeology affected by the power line refurbishment. In total 57 sites were identified during the assessment and survey. Most of these were as previously described apart from the following:
NH 68180 33498 (approx) Spiral/‘C’-shaped feature, Tordarroch This spiral/‘C’-shaped embankment measures
c24m long internally. Its function was not obvious.
NH 7089 3853 Faillie and Daviot West This Bronze Age (2400–551 BC) hut circle was identified as a partially visible feature set into a SE slope by the OS in 1970. It was recorded as measuring 9m overall with the wall spread to c2m. No visible remains were identified during the walkover survey. However, undergrowth may have obscured the feature.
NH 7089 3853 Field system, Faillie and Daviot West The OS found a possibly associated field system which had been recently ploughed over and afforested. No visible remains were identified during the walkover survey.
NH 6740 3240 (centred on) Ballone Township This undated township was recorded in 1992 by the RCAHMS who noted 15 buildings, 5 kilns and 2 rectangular platforms (NH63SE 79 and NH63SE 80). During the walkover survey at least five roofless, stone buildings and an enclosure were identified (centred on NH 67502 32508). Within this group a slate roofed building seemed to post-date the surrounding structures.
NH 6731 3240 In 1992 RCAHMS noted a group of four buildings set into a NW-facing slope above the head of a
small burn. During the walkover survey at least two buildings and the outline of a possible enclosure were found, indicated by turf-grown footings (centred on NH 6746 3245).
C McCullagh – Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Field Visit (1 June 2009 - 30 November 2009)
NH 47056 13151 to NH 72140 40266 Recommendations for mitigation and recording arising a desk-based assessment and walk-over survey carried out in 2009 ahead of refurbishment of an overhead power line running from Daviot to Whitebridge in Inverness-shire. From this were then implemented during the refurbishment work. However in most cases it proved possible to refurbish existing poles rather than replace them; and where replacement took place the new poles were located on exactly the same sites as their predecessors. Although the work was monitored, no archaeology was affected.
Information from J Wood - Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
OASIS ID: highland4-78235
