Colonsay, Balnahard
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Colonsay, Balnahard
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 38182
Site Number NR49NW 22
NGR NR 4130 9983
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38182
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Colonsay And Oronsay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (April 1981)
NR49NW 22 413 998.
This hut-circle is situated on a S-facing slope 400m NNW of Balnahard farmhouse. It measures 5m in diameter within a stone wall about 1.5m thick and 0.3m high; only one outer facing-stone can be seen, but there is a considerable stretch of the inner face visible on the NE and two stones on the SW. A slight reduction in the height of the wall on the NW may mark the position of the entrance.
RCAHMS 1984, visited April 1981.
Measured Survey (1981)
RCAHMS surveyed the hut-circle at Balnahard at a scale of 1:100. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a reduced scale (RCAHMS 1984, fig. 129B).
