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Loch Nam Bat
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loch Nam Bat
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 259497
Site Number NH43SE 57
NGR NH 48685 33025
NGR Description NH 4871 3308 and NH 4886 3104
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259497
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2 September 1997)
NH43SE 57 48685 33025
This hut-circle is situated on a grass and heather-grown terrace on an ENE-facing slope to the WSW of Loch nam Bat. It measures 8.7m from E to W by 7.4m transversely within a wall reduced to a stony bank spread to 1.7m in thickness and 0.3m in height. The entrance is on the E and there are intermittent lines of inner and outer facing-stones protruding from the bank. On the terrace to the N and NE of the hut-circle there are at least 20 small cairns, the largest of which measures 5m in diameter and 0.5m in height. A linear clearance heap extends for about 50m from N to S through the group of cairns and there is a build-up of soil at least 0.5m in depth along its upslope (W) side. An additional group of about ten small cairns lies on the crest of a ridge to the E (NH 4886 3104).
(URQ97 22)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 2 September 1997
