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Lair
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lair
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Torr Lochaidh
Canmore ID 29522
Site Number NO16SW 6
NGR NO 1402 6380
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29522
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (30 April 1968)
NO16SW 6 1402 6380.
Situated below the crest of the hill in a sheltered corrie, on a slight platform at NO 1401 6380, are the heather covered remains of a hut circle. It measures c7.5m in diameter with a 2.5m widespread bank. There is no clear entrance although it was probably in the south east. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 30 April 1968
Field Visit (1 October 1987)
This hut-circle is situated on a narrow terrace on an E-facing slope overlooking the public road (A93) some 480m NNW of Lair cottage. It measures 9.5m in diameter over a poorly-preserved turf-covered bank measuring up to 2.1m in thickness and 0.2m in height. The entrance is not preserved.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 1 October 1987.
RCAHMS 1990
Geophysical Survey (16 December 2011 - 5 November 2012)
NO 1390 6370 A magnetic survey was carried out, 16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012, to provide a broad context for the excavations at Lair being conducted by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. The area has been occupied repeatedly, possibly from as early as the Neolithic. An area of c3ha has been covered so far but much of the site is in deep heather and progress is slow. A wide variety of magnetic features have been mapped.
Archive: Perth and Kinross SMR and RCAHMS ( intended)
Funder: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2012
(Source: DES)
