Achlachan Moss
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achlachan Moss
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 8345
Site Number ND15SW 10
NGR ND 1459 5262
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8345
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15SW 10 1459 5262.
The remains of a hut circle lie about 1 1/2 mls W of Mybster Inn, on the N side of, and some 20 yds from, the road to Westerdale. It has been circular, measuring 12ft in diameter within a bank or wall some 4 to 6ft in thickness. The inner outline of the bank is marked by large stones placed end to end a foot or so apart, and a similar arrangement appears to have characterised the outer circumference, which, however, is much overgrown with grass. The entrance has probably been from the SW, but the bank in that direction has been broken down.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910
ND 1459 5262. The hut circle is as described above.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (E G C) 14 April 1962.
(ND 1459 5262) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
Recent land improvement has destroyed the hut circle.
Visited by OS (J M) 15 November 1981.
