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Ceann-na-coille
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ceann-na-coille
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Rosal; Naver Forest; Strathnaver
Canmore ID 5686
Site Number NC64SE 16
NGR NC 687 407
NGR Description Centred NC 687 407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5686
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC64SE 16 centred 687 407.
('A': NC 6873 4076 and 'B': NC 6887 4076 and 'C': NC 6889 4075 and 'D': NC 6881 4068 and 'E': NC 6863 4077 and 'F': NC 6864 4079 and 'G': NC 6866 4078) Enclosures (NR)
('H': NC 6901 4064) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map, (1961)
A group of eight enclosures or hut circles found during fieldwork among field clearance heaps in an area of formarly cultivated ground on a S facing slope. 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'H' are large and well-defined, 14m to 16m in diameter and consisting of earth and stone banks up to 1m high with entrances in the S or SE. Two of them have fine revetted entrance passages 4m long. The other enclosures are less well-defined, 8m to 14m in diameter, and consist of earth and stone banks 0.3m in maximum height with no apparent entrances.
Visited by OS (J L D) 11 May 1960.
This settlement of hut circles lies within Naver Forest which is well established, and all are mutilated by ploughing and planting. The larger examples survive in moderate condition, the less strongly-built huts are now almost unrecognizable; hut 'D' cannot be located. Field clearance heaps are still evident within the forest.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 August 1978.
Scheduled (with NC64SE 7 and NC64SE 15 and NC74SW 1 and NC74SW 2 ) as Rosal, hut circles, Naver Forest, Strathnaver.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 7 November 2000.
Scheduled (with NC64SE 7, NC64SE 15 and NC74SW 2) as 'Rosal, hut circles and clearance cairns, Naver Forest, Strathnaver... the remains of at least 16 hut circles and a number of associated field clearance cairns, representing a late prehistoric settlement.'
(Locations of individual hut-circles cited as NC 7013 4129, NO 7013 4173, NC 6998 4209, NC 6998 4225, NC 6902 4063 and NC 6837 4080. Location of centre of group of three hut-circles cited as NC 6989 4169, and location of centre of group of seven hut-circles cited as NC 6875 4076).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 September 2005.
