Finfal Burn
Hut (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Mound (Period Unknown)
Site Name Finfal Burn
Classification Hut (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Mound (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 6747
Site Number NC83SW 13
NGR NC 8278 3085
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6747
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (1 March 1977)
NC83SW 13 8278 3085.
(NC 82783085) Unannotated circle shown.
OS 6"map, (1963)
This is a stone-walled hut circle situated on a gentle NE facing slope just above the confluence of two streams. It is built up on the slope and measures 10.0m in diameter within a wall spread to a maximum of 3.0m. A slight lowering in the wall in the south arc probably indicates the entrance. There is no trace of associated cultivation.
Visited by OS (J B) 1 March 1977
Field Visit (4 April 1991)
To the SSW of the confluence of the Finfal Burn and an unnamed tributary there is a hut-circle which measures 9.7m from N to S by 9.2m transversely within a bank 2.2m in thickness and 0.5m in height. The entrance is on the S and the N side of the interior has been built up to create a level floor. There is a hut in the W side of the interior. (KILD91 106)
To the ENE of the hut-circle and on the E side of the Finfal Burn (NC 8290 3094) there is a mound measuring 13m from E to W by 4.5m transversely and 0.4m in height. There are four compartments on the top of the mound and what may be further mounds in the vicinity.
(KILD91 107)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 April 1991.
