Wester Glackton
Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Wester Glackton
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Gollanfield
Canmore ID 15208
Site Number NH85SW 11
NGR NH 81588 52815
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15208
- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Tolan notes two pit-circles at NH 815 528 and NH 816 528 respectively.
M Tolan 1988.
Air photographs of this enclosure, taken by J Harden in 1989, are held in Inverness Museum (AP nos. 8902.34-36; see also Archive.)
Information from J Harden 1989.
Field Visit (March 1978)
Wester Glackton NH 815 528 NH85SW
Air photography has revealed the crop-marks of what may be a palisaded homestead 150m W of Wester Glackton farmhouse. They show a narrow ditch enclosing an area about 30m in diameter with a gap on the E; within the enclosure there is what may be a pit-circle measuring about 15m in diameter. Situated about 35m NE of the enclosure there is a pit-circle about 9m in diameter.
Visible on RCAHMSAP 1976 and 1977.
RCAHMS 1989, visited March 1978
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (26 February 2014)
Following a review of the aerial photographs, the circles of pits recorded as cropmarking on aerial photographs are now thought to represent the remains of later prehistoric roundhouses belonging to an unenclosed settlement. As such the pit circle classification previously applied has been removed.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 26 February 2014
