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Caochan Poll Nan Gabhar
Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Caochan Poll Nan Gabhar
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14999
Site Number NH84NE 12
NGR NH 85642 45586
NGR Description NH 85642 45586 and NH 85789 45486
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14999
- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH84NE 12 857 454.
(Area centred NH 857 454) Field clearance.
Visible on RAF air photographs F21/58/RAF/1116: 0067-9 - flown 8 May 1953.
Centred at NH 857 455 is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C) and an ill-defined contemporary field system.
Hut "A" is circular and measures c.12.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall greatly obscured by peat. The ill-defined entrance is in the ESE.
Huts "B" and "C" are contiguous. Each is oval and measures c.12.5m by c.10.0m between the centres of a wall spread to c.3.0m. The long axis in "B" is W-E with the simple entrance in the E. The long axis in "C" is NW- SE with the ill-defined entrance in the SE.
The field system is comprised of stone clearance heaps greatly obscured by peat and heather and no details of cultivation plots could be ascertained. There are traces of field walls in the W.
Surveyed at 1/10 000.
Visited by OS (A A) 11 November 1971.
Field Visit (April 1978)
Caochan Poll nan Gabhar 1 NH 857 454 NH84NE 12
Three hut-circles and a number of small cairns have been recorded in this area by the OS. None of the hut-circles could be located at the date of visit.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978
