Cnoc An Ratha
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Cnoc An Ratha
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 7646
Site Number ND05NE 3
NGR ND 0522 5763
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05NE 3 0522 5763.
(ND 0522 5763) Supposed Remains of (NAT)
Watch Tower (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The indefinite remains of a small, apparently circular, structure stand at the S end of the low ridge on which the fort (ND05NE 2) stands.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
Situated at the SW edge of the ridge, 80m SW of the S angle of the large enclosure (ND05NE 2) is a hut circle. Its earth-and-stone bank has been reduced to 0.1m in height and it measures 7m by 5.5m, with an entrance in the E.
Visited by OS (J L D) 10 April 1962.
(ND 0522 5763) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
This is not a hut circle but a roughly circular peat and heather-covered mound, approximately 8.0m across by 0.4m high, with a ragged depression through the E side leading into a broken interior. There is no sign of a stone content.
The feature does stand out in the level summit of Cnoc an Ratha, but there is nothing to suggest other than a weathered peat-formation.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 July 1981.
