Achtuie
Building (Post Medieval), Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut (19th Century)
Site Name Achtuie
Classification Building (Post Medieval), Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Hut (19th Century)
Canmore ID 260322
Site Number NH53SW 50
NGR NH 52524 31211
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/260322
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (1 September 1997)
NH53SW 50 52524 31211
The faced rubble footings of a hut (URQ97 11, NH 52597 31184) are situated amongst scrub woodland to the NE of Achtuie. It is subrectangular on plan and measures 3m from NW to SE by 2m internally and there is an entrance in the SW side. At least ten small cairns, the largest measuring about 4m in diameter and no more than 0.5m in height, are scattered across the hillside around the hut. Clumps of dense gorse may obscure further cairns and structures.
Some 265m WNW of the hut a rectangular platform (NH 52340 31250) has been dug into the hillside. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet xxix) depicts two small roofed structures at this location, lying inside a small improved field; no trace of the field can now be seen.
(URQ97 11)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 1 September 1997
