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Allt Rosail
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Allt Rosail
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Rosal; Naver Forest; Strathnaver
Canmore ID 5685
Site Number NC64SE 15
NGR NC 6983 4165
NGR Description NC 7001 4149, 6983 4165, 6990 4170 and 6996 4171
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5685
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC64SE 15 7001 4149, 6983 4165, 6990 4170 and 6996 4171
Extends onto map sheet NC74SW.
('A': NC 7001 4149) Enclosures (NR)
('B': NC 6983 4165 and 'C': NC 6990 4170 and 'D': NC 6996 4171)
Enclosures (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A settlement of four hut circles ('A'-'D') discovered by the previous field investigator (OS {J L D}). Huts A and B are in a forest; C and D in open moorland.
'A' is totally obscured by particularly dense tree growth. When discovered it was 16.0m in diameter and consisted of an earth and stone bank 2.5m broad and 0.3m high. The entrance was not apparent but may have been in the SE.
'B' in a faint clearing is 14.5m N-S by 11.5m within a heather-covered wall spread at most to 2.5m and 0.4m in average height. The entrance in the S is unusually wide at 4.0m.
'C' is 10.5m in diameter within a heather-covered wall generally spread to 2.5m widening to 3.5m at the entrance in the S. The wall's maximum height of 0.9m is at the W by a projecting bank 3.0m long.
'D' survives as a platform 10.0m in overall diameter, the mere vestiges of a wall about 0.2m high can be seen around the perimeter. The entrance is in the S.
A few scattered clearance heaps occur around 'C' and 'D'.
Visited by OS (J L D) 11 May 1960 and (J B) 16 August 1978.
Scheduled (with NC64SE 7 and NC64SE 16 and NC74SW 1 and NC74SW 2 ) as Rosal, hut circles, Naver Forest, Strathnaver.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 7 November 2000.
Scheduled (with NC64SE 7, NC64SE 16 and NC74SW 2) as 'Rosal, hut circles and clearance cairns, Naver Forest, Strathnaver... the remains of at least 16 hut circles and a number of associated field clearance cairns, representing a late prehistoric settlement.'
(Locations of individual hut-circles cited as NC 7013 4129, NO 7013 4173, NC 6998 4209, NC 6998 4225, NC 6902 4063 and NC 6837 4080. Location of centre of group of three hut-circles cited as NC 6989 4169, and location of centre of group of seven hut-circles cited as NC 6875 4076).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 September 2005.
