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Forse House West
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Forse House West
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Forse House
Canmore ID 8611
Site Number ND23NW 12
NGR ND 2038 3515
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8611
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NW 12 2038 3515.
(ND 2038 3515) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A turf-covered hut circle, not a cairn, situated on near-level ground below a fairly steep slope. It measures 5.5m in diameter within a wall revetted with large stones on the inside, 0.4m high. The entrance is in the SE.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 May 1967
(ND 2038 3515) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 22 March 1983.
Scheduled with ND23NW 11, ND23NW 13, ND23NW 37 and ND23SW 6, ND23SW 9, ND23SW 21, ND23SW 22, ND23SW 24, ND23SW 25 as 'Forse House, settlement, field system, burnt mounds and cairns... an extensive area of remains, including those of deserted farmsteads ... together with associated cultivation remains of various dates, small cairns and burnt mounds.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 January 2003.
