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Croislach
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Croislach
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6036
Site Number NC71NE 8
NGR NC 780 158
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6036
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC71NE 8 780 158.
('A': NC 7804 1588, 'B': NC 7807 1587, 'C': NC 7802 1584, 'D': NC 7810 1591) Hut Circles (NR)
OS 6"map, (1963)
Three hut circles (A, B and C) and a natural feature (OS {J M}) (D) which was originally thought to be a hut (OS [WDJ]), lying on a level area on a SW-facing slope. They were discovered during field investigation in 1961. Another hut (E) was discovered at NC 7798 1591 during field investigation in 1975.
'A' lies on a slight rise and measures about 6.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 1.5m broad but destroyed by soil slip on the west. No entrance is identifiable.
'B' is set into a slight slope and measures 9m in diameter within a wall spread to 2m broad. No entrance is visible.
'C' is oval measuring 8m NW-SE by 7m within a wall spread to 2m broad. The entrance is in the SE.
'D' is a natural feature resulting from a fortuitous arrangement of stones and peat silting.
'E' lies in a slight hollow and measures about 9m in diameter with a wall spread to 2m. The entrance may be indicated by a depression in the SW arc.
Contemporary cultivation is marked by stone clearance heaps, mainly in the vicinity of hut 'E', and one or two rickles of linear stone clearance, but no pattern of cultivation plots is discernible.
Visited by OS (W D J) 13 July 1961 and (J M) 10 December 1975.
