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Uppertown
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Shooting Stand (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Uppertown
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Shooting Stand (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Allt A' Bhaile Uachdaraich; Achratagan
Canmore ID 259366
Site Number NH43SW 54
NGR NH 44762 32253
NGR Description Hut circle
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259366
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Scheduled as 'Achratagan, hut circle and cairnfield... situated on the edge of a terrace on a hillside moor.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 27 September 2007.
Field Visit (3 September 1997)
NH43SW 54 4476 3225
This hut-circle stands at the W edge of a group of small cairns in heather moorland above the NE bank of an unnamed tributary of the Allt a' Bhaile Uachdaraich. It is situated on the leading edge of a level terrace, which falls away steeply S towards the burn, and the ground has been built up on the S to provide a level interior. Oval on plan, it measures 11.4m from NW to SE by 9.1m transversely within a stony bank 2.1m thick and 0.5m high, and the entrance is on the SE. The small cairns, which measure up to 6m in diameter, lie to the N and E of the hut-circle, scattered over an area measuring about 120m from N to S by 70m transversely on the terrace and down the slope below it. A shooting butt stands amongst the cairns, about 30m NE of the hut-circle.
(URQ97 209)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 3 September 1997
