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Cnoc Fionn
Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Fionn
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Langwell-rinsary Braes, Berriedale
Canmore ID 8110
Site Number ND12SW 8
NGR ND 104 235
NGR Description Centred ND 104 235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8110
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 8 centred 104 235
(A: ND 1053 2351; B: ND 1044 2354) Enclosures (NR)
OS 6" map, (1964).
At ND 1053 2351 and ND 1044 2354, on a NE-facing slope above the Berriedale Water are the slight remains of two heather-clad oval enclosures or hut circles, scooped into the hillside on the W, and formed by earth and stone banks up to 1.3m high externally in the N. The entrances, 1.0m wide, are in the E. The huts measure 12.0 by 10.0m and 11.4 by 9.5m respectively.
Visited by OS (R L), 29 February 1968.
There is a further hut circle at ND 1013 2364, some 300 m to the W. It is similar to the others, measuring some 11.0 by 9.0m, and with an entrance in the E.
There is a small field system in the vicinity, but field boundaries are not obvious, only evidenced by low stone clearance heaps.
Hut circles surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 29 February 1968.
(A: ND 1053 2351; B: ND 1044 2354) Hut Circles (NR)
(C: ND 1013 2364) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 25" map, (1969)
A settlement of three hut circles (A-C) and an associated field system. The huts are set into the slope and are heather and peat covered. They measure: 'A' - 9.0 by 7.0m; 'B' - 10.5 by 7.5m; and 'C' - 9.0 by 7.5m, within wall-spreads ranging from 2.5 to 4.0m by 0.6 to 0.9m high. Entrances are in the E or SE, on the line of the main axis in each case. The minor field system is delineated by a scatter of stone clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (J M), 23 November 1982.
Three hut-circles, a platform and eleven small cairns were recorded during a pre-afforestation survey of Langwell-Rinsary Braes, Berriedale. The platform lies to the SE of the hut-circles noted previously. Bisected by a drystone dyke, the platform is semi-circular and measures 12m in diameter. There are no visible traces of the platform within the improved ground to the SW of the dyke. The small cairns are concentrated between the hut-circles at ND 1053 2351 and ND 1044 2354.
S Carter and J Rideout (Headland Archaeology) 3 March 1999; NMRS MS 899/141, no. 5.
