Cnoc Ruigh Nan Copag
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Ruigh Nan Copag
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5603
Site Number NC63NW 17
NGR NC 630 350
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC63NW 17 630 350.
(A: NC 6306 3505 and B: NC 6308 3511) Enclosures (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)
Two enclosures, possibly hut-circles, accompanied by many earth and stone mounds, probably clearance heaps, found during field investigation on the lower SW slopes of Cnoc Ruigh nan Copag.
'A' measures 12.0m N-S by 11.0m internally and consists of a mutilated earth and stone bank, faced with stone on both sides, measuring 2m wide and 0.5m in maximum height with an entrance in the south.
'B' exists only as a bare outline but appears to have measured about 8m in diameter. It has an entrance 1m wide in the SE, on both sides of which traces of stone can be seen. The probable clearance heaps lie to the east.
Visited by OS (W D J) 11 May 1961.
The two "enclosures" are hut circles and are as described above.The scattered clearance heaps along with one or two lynchets define a minor field system, but no plots are discernible.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 12 April 1977.
