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Allt Achadh Nam Preas

Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Allt Achadh Nam Preas

Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Rosal; Naver Forest; Strathnaver

Canmore ID 5732

Site Number NC64SE 7

NGR NC 6998 4223

NGR Description NC 6998 4223 and NC 6998 4208

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Farr
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC64SE 7 6998 4223 and 6998 4208

('A': NC 6998 4223) Enclosure (NR)

('B': NC 6998 4208) Hut Circle (NR)

OS 6" map, (1961)

These are turf and heather-covered hut circles (A and B) discovered by the previous OS field investigator (J L D). They occur on separate knolls in open moorland, and are dissimilar in form.

Hut A, of massive proportions similar to Kilphedir hut V, measures about 12.0m in diameter within a wall of large stones, 0.4m internal height, spread to 2.0m average width broadening to 2.5m at either side of the entrance in the south east.

B is very slight, surviving as a low peat-silted platform 0.2m high and 11.0m overall diameter.

Occasional stones protrude through the peat around the periphery; no entrance is discernible. The area around each hut is smooth and relatively stone-free, and apart from two or three low piles of stones, this is the only indication of associated land use.

Visited by OS (J L D) 7 May 1969 and (N K B) 21 December 1978.

Scheduled (with NC64SE 15 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 15, 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.

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