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Kinbrace Farm
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kinbrace Farm
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6649
Site Number NC82NE 21
NGR NC 8764 2873
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6649
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (27 May 1961)
NC82NE 21 875 288.
('A': NC 8755 2886) Enclosure (NR)
('B': NC 8764 2873) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map, 1962.
The remains of two turf-banked enclosures, accompanied by field clearance heaps, discovered during field investigation on the lower SW slopes of Kinbrace Hill.
'A' is oval, the bank measuring 0.3m in height and measuring 14m in diameter N-S by 12m transversely. There is an entrance in the south.
'B' has been levelled into the hillside. The bank is 0.3m in height and 11.0m in diameter internally. There is an entrance in the south.
Visited by OS (E G C) 27 May 1961
Field Visit (3 December 1976)
These are stone-walled hut-circles now falling within an area of afforestation. 'A' has been severely mutilated by ploughing and planting. 'B' survives undamaged within a clearing and is as described above.
Some associated clearance heaps can be seen to the SW of hut 'B'.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 3 December 1976
Field Visit (31 July 1991)
These hut-circles and small cairns were not located amidst dense afforestation.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 31 July 1991.
