Torroble
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Torroble
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5087
Site Number NC50SE 25
NGR NC 5934 0438
NGR Description NC 5934 0438 and NC 592 043
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5087
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 25 5934 0438 and 592 043.
(NC 5934 0438) Hut Circle (NR) (NC 592 043) Field System (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970).
A hut circle accompanied by field clearance.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D L) 7 July 1963.
This stone-walled hut circle and an associated minor field system are situated on a sheltered W-facing slope. The field system is marked by a dozen or so stone clearance mounds in the immediate vicinity of the hut; measurable cultivation plots are not discernible.
The hut is about 11.0m N-S by 10.0m internally; the wall, turf-covered and standing on average to 0.4m, is 1.3m thick, widening at an entrance from the S to a spread of 2.5m. There has been disturbance in the interior in the WSW quarter.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 September 1976.
