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Ballynacairdach
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ballynacairdach
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5817
Site Number NC70NE 20
NGR NC 782 082
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5817
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC70NE 20 782 082.
Centred at NC 782 082 and bordering the deserted hamlet of Ballynacairdach, is a settlement of four huts ('A'-'D') and a contemporary field system, marked by field clearance heaps. All dimensions are between wall centres unless otherwise stated.
Huts 'A' and 'B' measure respectively 14.0m ENE-WSW by 13.0m and 13.0m E-W by 12.0m. Entrances are in the ENW and E. Both huts are composed of earth and stone banks with no evident facing stones.
'C' is an unusual oval hut measuring 13.5m ENE-WNW by 11.0m. The hut has a passage-like entrance in the ENE, 4.5m long, formed by an expansion of the wall. This gives the hut an internal diameter of 10.0m.
'D', the best preserved of the huts, measures 11.0m in diameter. The entrance is in the E.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 18 August 1975.
