Cottartown
Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cottartown
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14287
Site Number NH74SW 11
NGR NH 7487 4189
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14287
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SW 11 7487 4189.
At NH 7487 4189, on a gentle NE slope, is an ill-defined oval stone-walled hut measuring c. 9.5m E-W by c. 8.5m, between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.0m all round. In the E arc is a simple entrance c. 1.8m wide. In the vicinity are several stone clearance heaps, probably contemporary.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (OS [EGC] 18 September 1963).
Visited by OS (NKB) 15 April 1970.
Note (1979)
Cottartown 1 NH 748 418 NH74SW 11
In 1970 the OS recorded a hut-circle and several small cairns 550m SE of Cottartown farmhouse.
RCAHMS 1979
