The Ord North
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Ord North
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) The Ord
Canmore ID 5058
Site Number NC50NE 82
NGR NC 5734 0595
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5058
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 82 5734 0595.
At NC 5734 0595, on the gentle lower slopes north of The Ord, is a hut circle, covered by thick heather. Internally it measures 11.0m SE-NW by 9.0m with the entrance in the SE. The wall is strongest in the NW where it is spread to 2.5m wide and 0.4m high, declining in strength towards the entrance. Except for two small clearance heaps there is no trace of contemporary cultivation in the immediate vicinity, although the ground to the NE is smooth and stone-free. A large field system lies close by to the south (see NC50NE 13). A shallow moss-covered pit, 2.5m in diameter, lies immediately north of the hut.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 13 March 1979.
Scheduled with NC50NE 13-14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 38-9, 46, 54-6 and 81 as The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 February 2002.
Ground Survey (22 February 2010 - 18 March 2010)
NC 575 050 A topographic survey of the scheduled area and a 100m buffer zone around the The Ord was carried out 22 February–18 March 2010. The area contains a high density of archaeological monuments, including Neolithic funerary monuments and remains of Bronze Age settlements and agriculture. Although the distribution of the major features was known, this survey added detail and increased the accuracy of information obtained in previous surveys. The survey also identified several previously unrecorded features. In total over 450 individual archaeological features were recorded including a burnt mound, c35 hut circles, 14 rectangular buildings and over 300 clearance cairns.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: The Forestry Commission Scotland
