Arran, Machrie Burn
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Arran, Machrie Burn
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc Na Ceille
Canmore ID 39693
Site Number NR93NW 6
NGR NR 9106 3520
NGR Description NR 9106 3520, NR 9102 3514 and NR 9086 3515
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilmory
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR93NW 6 9106 3520 to 9090 3513.
Two hut circles are visible on air photographs situated 70.0m apart on open moorland.
NR 9106 3520: 'A' measures overall 13.5m NW-SE by 13.0m and has an entrance 2.0m wide in the SE. The walling is spread to 2.5m and stands 0.6m high.
NR 9102 3514: 'B' is 13.0m in overall diameter and also has an entrance 2.0m wide in the SE. The walling is spread to 3.0m and is 0.5m high. There is no evidence of any contemporary field system to be seen. Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (B S) 11 October 1977; Visible on RAF air photographs 58/980: 4023-4.
Three hut circles some 50 - 150m E of NR93NW 1
Source: H Fairhurst 1977.
NR 9090 3513: 'C' is possibly the third hut circle referred to by Fairhurst. Only the NE half survives as an earth-and-stone bank 0.3m high and spread to about 2.5m. An old field dyke has destroyed the SW half, but the hut would have measured about 10m in overall diameter (circa 7.5 internal diameter). No entrance is now evident.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J D) 26 April 1978.
Note (19 July 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 19 July 2018