Ruthven
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ruthven
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 78776
Site Number NH62NW 53
NGR NH 6065 2610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78776
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (4 March 1993)
NH62NW 53 6065 2610
This pair of burnt mounds is located in open moorland 1km SSE of Ruthven farmhouse. They stand 12m apart and measure 8m in length by 7m in breadth and 0.75m in height (USN93 67), and 7.3m in length by 5.5m in breadth and 0.5m in height (USN93 68). The long axis of both is NE-SW, and both open towards the SE where they have been clipped by a later drain. The drain has cut the SW arm of the NE mound (USN93 68), exposing burnt stones, while burnt stone and charcoal are visible in an eroded exposure in the SW arm of USN93 67.
(USN93 67-8)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 4 March 1993.
Management (2007)
Scheduled (with NH62NW 5) as 'Ruthven, hut circles, field systems and burnt mounds 1200m S of'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 16 August 2007.
