Garrywhin
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Garrywhin
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8997
Site Number ND34SW 112
NGR ND 3132 4127
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8997
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 112 3132 4127.
What may be the remains of a hut-circle lie at the foot of sloping ground below the Garrywhin fort (ND34SW 3). It measures 9.4m in diameter within a low bank. Where best preserved on the E, the bank is 1.8m in thickness and up to 0.3m in height, but on the NW it is very slight and can scarcely be traced on the ground. Immediately within the NE arc of the bank two edge-set stones are set upright 0.85m apart on opposite sides of a hollow 0.3m deep. This is undoubtedly the feature recorded in Mercer's survey as a 'Cairn and cist' (Mercer and Hill 1985, WAR 149, p.248).
(YARROWS04 422)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG, AGCH) 27 July 2004
