Oulmsdale Burn
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Oulmsdale Burn
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7030
Site Number NC91NE 54
NGR NC 9515 1712
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC91NE 54 9515 1712
At NC 9515 1712 is an oval stone-walled hut circle in association with a minor field system. The situation is is moorland open to the NE. The hut, obscured by heather overgrowth, is about 10.5m E-W by 8.5m inside a reduced wall spread to 2.0m; an entrance is in the E. Contemproary agriculture is shown by a scattering of stone clearance heaps on the level ground to the NE but cultivation plots as such are not discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 May 1976.
Field Visit (12 May 1976)
At NC 9515 1712 is an oval stone-walled hut circle in association with a minor field system. The situation is is moorland open to the NE. The hut, obscured by heather overgrowth, is about 10.5m E-W by 8.5m inside a reduced wall spread to 2.0m; an entrance is in the E. Contemproary agriculture is shown by a scattering of stone clearance heaps on the level ground to the NE but cultivation plots as such are not discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 May 1976.
Excavation (1982 - 1983)
Excavated by Central Excavation Unit, see collections for details.
