Hill Of Urchany
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hill Of Urchany
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15170
Site Number NH85SE 17
NGR NH 8896 5146
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85SE 17 8896 5146
At NH 8896 5146 is a turf-covered, stone-walled circular hut, measuring 13.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 3.5m. The ill-defined entrance is in the SSE.
It is levelled into a W-facing hillside overgrown with whins which hide any trace there may be of contemporary cultivation.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I M T) 23 April 1974.
Field Visit (May 1978)
Hill of Urchany NH 889 514 NH85SE 17
This hut-circle measures 13m in diameter between the wall centres.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
