The Ord West
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Ord West
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) The Ord
Canmore ID 5057
Site Number NC50NE 81
NGR NC 5710 0545
NGR Description NC 5710 0545 and NC 5712 0543
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5057
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 81 centred 571 054.
Centred at NC 571 054 on gently sloping SW facing ground are two heather-covered hut circles. The first hut, at NC 5710 0545, is 10.0m in diameter within a wall generally spread to 1.5m wide and 0.3m high but widening to 2.5m at the entrance in the SSE which gives the impression of being 'clubbed'. The second hut, at NC 5712 0543, survives as a platform with only the merest traces of walling visible except in the SE where the wall is spread to 2.0m wide and 0.5m high. Internally the hut measures about 11.0m in diameter. The position of the entrance is not apparent. The surrounding ground is smooth and stone-free with a small amount of stone clearance near the second hut. No plots are visible. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 14 March 1979.
Scheduled with NC50NE 13-14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 38-9, 46, 54-6 and 82 as The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 February 2002.
Ground Survey (22 February 2010 - 18 March 2010)
NC 575 050 A topographic survey of the scheduled area and a 100m buffer zone around the The Ord was carried out 22 February–18 March 2010. The area contains a high density of archaeological monuments, including Neolithic funerary monuments and remains of Bronze Age settlements and agriculture. Although the distribution of the major features was known, this survey added detail and increased the accuracy of information obtained in previous surveys. The survey also identified several previously unrecorded features. In total over 450 individual archaeological features were recorded including a burnt mound, c35 hut circles, 14 rectangular buildings and over 300 clearance cairns.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: The Forestry Commission Scotland
