Dalmichy
Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dalmichy
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Feith Osdail; Cnoc A'bhreac-leathaid
Canmore ID 5244
Site Number NC51SE 5
NGR NC 5938 1388
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5244
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC51SE 5 5938 1388
See also NC51SE 22 and NC51SE 23.
(NC 5938 1388) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map (1970)
The slight remains of a hut circle accompanied by field clearance heaps many of which have been robbed. Of the circle, situated on a grassy patch, only odd stones protruding through the turf indicate the perimeter, giving a diameter of about 8.4m. The entrance has probably been in the SE. On the north side of the interior is the stoney outline of a smaller circle 2.5m by 2m with a possible entrance in the west.
Visited by OS (EGC) 26 June 1963
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
This hut circle is as described; the 'small stony outline' within the hut is probably later. A field system of some 16 hectares surrounds the hut. It is most clearly defined at NC 5915 1365 and to the immediate NW of the hut. It is characterised solely by clearance heaps, any other features being overlaid by the thick peat layer. One clearance heap has been recently trenched revealing no structural features.
Re-surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (JB) 7 September 1976
This hut circle is possibly No 166 of the field Survey.
NC 593 139. (No 155) Hut Circle: diameter 6m: height 1.5m. Covered in heather but with stones visible. N-facing aspect; 600' (183m) OD.
R J Mercer 1980
List No. 142 applies to the OS hut circle. The alleged hut circle (No 155) is a disturbed stone clearance heap.
Visited by OS (JM) 17 June 1981
This field-system has recently been ploughed and planted with trees. The hut-circle was not identified on the date of visit.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) October 1989.
Scheduled with NC51SE 22 and NC51SE 23 as Cnoc a'Bhreac-leathaid, shielings and cairnfield.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 February 1992.
Field Visit (5 February 2011 - 30 September 2012)
Settlement, hut circles and field system. The NMRS and HER record that a complex of rectangular and rectilinear structures, enclosures of various shapes and sizes and shielings are present on a north-facing hillside (Mercer 1980). In the same area is: a cairnfield, covering an area 90m by 60m, consisting of two groups of peat-covered clearance cairns approximately1 m high; a hut circle 8.4m in diameter; and a field system of some 16 hectares. A visit in 1989 (RCAHMS) found that none of the previously reported structures was plainly visible, the area having been ploughed and planted with trees. The site is a scheduled monument (5300).
Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-141020(G Mudie) 2012
