An Carn
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name An Carn
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Balmacara Estate
Canmore ID 87796
Site Number NG72NE 16
NGR NG 7705 2985
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (6 June 1994)
Hut circle: recorded in June 1994 during a comprehensive survey of Balmacara NTS estate. Full details are lodged with Dualchas, Skye and Lochalsh Museums Service.
Dualchas 1994a.
Field Visit (May 1994)
A well preserved, stone built hut circle, 6m in diameter over walls 400mm wide. The walls thicken slightly at the east facing entrance which measures 0.35m in width. Situating on a natural terrace in a shallow gully on the east flank of An Carn.
(BAL94-72-11)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
Condition Survey (1998 - 1998)
This is as described by Dualchas
NTS Ref: BAL 006 (Information from condition report for NTS produced by Jill Harden 2000)
NTS commissioned condition report as follow-up to Dualchas survey undertaken by Jill Harden