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Cnoc Dail-chairn
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Dail-chairn
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 72347
Site Number NC82NW 33
NGR NC 847 288
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72347
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (June 1991)
NC82NW 33 847 288.
There are two hut-circles, a small enclosure and a scatter of small cairns on the N slopes of Cnoc Dail-chairn.
A. NC 8471 2887 This hut-circle is situated on a spur and measures 7.8m in diameter within heather-grown banks spread to 3m in thickness and 0.3m in height with an entrance in ESE side. There is a scatter of small cairns some 130m W of the hut-circle at NC 846 288.
(KILD91 407)
B. NC 8475 2874 This hut-circle is situated on the edge of a boggy sump near the top of the hill and measures 8m in diameter within heather-grown banks forming a low mound up to 2.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height. Its E side is indistinct and the location of its entrance uncertain. (KILD91 408)
A small enclosure is situated 37m WNW of hut-circle 'A' at the back of natural terrace on the W side of the spur on which hut-circle 'A' sits. It is roughly square, measuring 3m across within a tumbled drystone wall.
(KILD91 409)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) June 1991.
