Carn Maol
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Carn Maol
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15009
Site Number NH84NE 21
NGR NH 87318 44945
NGR Description NH 87318 44945, NH 87287 45013 and NH 87206 45028
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH84NE 21 872 450.
Centred at NH 872 450 on a gentle SE slope is a settlement of 3 stone-walled huts (A-C).
Hut A is oval measuring c. 13.0m NW-SE by c. 11.0m transversely between the centres of walls largely obscured by peat growth. The indistinct entrance is in the SE.
B, also oval, measures c. 13.0m WNW-ESE by c. 11.0m transversely, between the centres of a wall spread to c. 3.0m all round. Two stones in the ESE arc are probably outer facing stones. The ill-defined entrance is in the ESE.
C is circular, being c. 11.0m in diameter between the centres of a denuded wall. There is a gap in the NE arc; but it cannot be ascertained whether this is the entrance.
Several stone clearance heaps are in the vicinity of the huts.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 19 January 1971.
Field Visit (April 1978)
Carn Maol NH 872 450 NH84NE 21
Three hut-circles and numerous small cairns are situated on the SE slopes of Carn Maol.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978
