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Broubster
Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Broubster
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7955
Site Number ND06SW 28
NGR ND 028 611
NGR Description Centred ND 028 611
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7955
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 28 centred 028 611.
Centred at ND 028 611, on a gently sloping, NE-facing hill-side there is a settlement of five hut circles (A-E) and two small, boat-shaped structures (F, G) which appear to be contemporary with the huts. The five hut circles are circular or nearly circular, and range in size from 7.5m internal diameter to 10.0m by 9.0m internally. All have simple entrances either in the SE or E.
Obscured by reeds, 'B' is the best preserved hut. It measures 9.0m in diameter within a wall spread to 2.5m and 0.6m high. The other huts are in a moderate state of preservation. The two small enclosures, F and G are very similar being internally 5.0m NE-SW by 2.5m transversely, and 5.0m by 3.0m respectively. In each case the SW end is noticeably pointed. The walls are about 1.0m wide and 0.3m high. No entrances can be identified with certainty.
In the proximity of the huts and enclosures there is a field system of about 1 1/2 ha comprising stretches of wasted field walls, lynchets and scattered clearance heaps from contemporary cultivation. No plots are evident.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 22 September 1981.
These hut-circles are plotted on the record sheet at the following locations:
A: ND 0282 6125
B: ND 0292 6128
C: ND 0292 6121
D: ND 0280 6114
E: ND 0281 6112
F: ND 0287 6124
G: ND 0293 6114
Information from NMRS (RJCM), 7 February 1994.
