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Forse House West

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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

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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the dun, settlement and field system with hut-circle and farmstead adjacent, taken from the NW. Digital copy of photograph.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Latheron
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

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.

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