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Blar Achaidh
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Blar Achaidh
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 27456
Site Number NO06NE 25
NGR NO 0681 6651
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27456
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Moulin
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (7 April 1988)
NO06NE 25 068 664.
NO 0679 6650
NO 0686 6648
NO 0687 6650
Three hut-circles are situated on a ridge that drops down the SE flank of Blar Achaidh.
1. NO 0678 6650 The upper of the hut-circles measures about 9.5m in diameter within a heather-covered bank about 2m in thickness and 0.2m in height. An entrance is situated on the SE and within the hut-circle there is a very slight ring-ditch.
2. NO 0686 6648 The westerly of the lower pair of hut-circles has been levelled to a depth of at least 0.6m into the slope on the W, and measures 8.2m in diameter within a wall reduced to a bank 2m in thickness and 0.2m in height. On the W the wall continues as a low lip along the top of the scarp and there is an entrance on the S.
3. NO 0687 6650 The easterly of the pair measures 9.8m in diameter within a heather-covered wall 3m in thickness and 0.3m in height.
Within the hut-circle there is a ring-ditch measuring at least 2.7m in breadth (on the SW), and the entrance is on the SE.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 7 April 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
