The Cashel, Lairg
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Cashel, Lairg
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5116
Site Number NC50SE 51
NGR NC 58029 04918
NGR Description At NC 58008 04920 and NC 58053 04920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 51 580 049.
(A: NC 5801 0491, B: NC 5805 0491) Enclosures (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)
Two enclosures were discovered during field investigation.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (J M) 30 June 1963.
These are stone-walled hut-circles (A and B) and an associated minor field system situated on undulating ground within reclaimed pasture. Both huts are poorly preserved.
'A' is 6.5m NW-SE by 5.0m transversely within a denuded, turf-covered wall of uncertain width. There is a vague entrance in the SE.
'B'is 10.0m N-S by 8.0m E-W within a reduced wall spread to 2.0m wide. The entrance has been from the south.
In the vicinity of the huts are about a dozen stone clearance heaps but no measurable cultivation plots are discernible.
Revised at 1/2500 and 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 10 August 1976.
Watching Brief (26 January 2010 - 5 March 2010)
NC 5794 0494 An evaluation of the potential impact of the
excavation of cable trench, between Achany Wind Farm and
Lairg Muir substation, identified three areas of archaeological
interest. A watching brief was undertaken 26 January–5
March 2010 at those locations.
A possible shallow pit, 2m in diameter and 0.3m deep,
infilled with charcoal rich soil and a possible placement of
granite cobbles, was recorded at Cashel (NC 57980 04926),
adjacent to two recorded hut circles. The feature only
survived in the S facing section of the cable trench. The
trench also cut through a possible rubble bank or boundary
at NC 58030 04943.
Archive: Highland Council Archaeology Unit
Funder: Scottish and Southern Energy
