Caochan Na Feithe Seilich
Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Caochan Na Feithe Seilich
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Carn A' Chrasgie
Canmore ID 15086
Site Number NH84SE 6
NGR NH 8676 4233
NGR Description NH 8676 4233, NH 8667 4225 and NH 8680 4221
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
Centred on NH 867 422, at the confluence of the Carnoch Burn and the Caochan na Feithe Seilich, is a group of three hut circles (A - C) accompanied by half a dozen or so field clearance heaps, the latter mainly in the proximity of hut B. A boundary bank associated with buildings and enclosures, abandoned in the 18th / 19th century, runs through the hut group.
All the huts are heather- or peat-blanketed. Entrances are no longer discernible in huts B and C.
'A', on a rise beside a stream, measures approximately 11.5m NW-SE by 9.0m transversely within a wall reduced to a rubble spread up to 0.3m high and 2.5m broad; the entrance appears to be in the SE. A drain cuts through the NW sector of the hut.
'B', on a ridge, measures about 14.5m in diameter over an obscure wall. A drain cuts through the S quadrant, and the N edge of a track passes on the S side of the hut.
'C', on level ground above a stream, measures some 13.0m N-S by 12.0m overall. Only scant rubble of the wall survives.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 2 February 1981.
Field Visit (July 1978)
Caochan na Feithe Seilich NH c. 866 422 NH84SE
Close to the Carnoch Burn there are two hut-circles, measuring 10m and 12m in diameter respectively, and an oval enclosure measuring 10.8m from E to W by 8.4m transversely. Scattered clearance-heaps, banks and plots which are visible in the area may be associated with the huts or with the near-by deserted settlements (NH84SE 11 and NH84SE 1).
RCAHMS 1978, visited July 1978
