Lochan Dubh
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lochan Dubh
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Nairn
Canmore ID 78416
Site Number NH63SE 62
NGR NH 6732 3110
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78416
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Scheduled as 'Glen Nairn, hut circle 270m ENE of,... the footings of a prehistoric round house... in an area of undulating heather covered moorland to the N of the track leading to Lochan Dubh... at 225m above sea level.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 March 2007.
Field Visit (1 December 1992)
NH63SE 62 6732 3110
This hut-circle is situated to the N of the track running ENE from Lochan Dubh. It measures 11m in diameter within a stony bank 2m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The entrance, which is 2.3m across, is on the E, and the interior is levelled into the slope on the W. There are intermittent facing-stones in the hut-circle bank, which is faceted, forming a rough octagon on plan.
(USN93 37)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 1 December 1992.
