Aigas
Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Aigas
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12392
Site Number NH44SE 4
NGR NH 45404 41123
NGR Description Centred at NH45404 41123
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12392
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmorack
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH44SE 4 453 411.
('A' NH 4543 4120) Enclosure (NR) ('B' NH 4538 4114) Hut Circle (NR) ('C' NH 4527 4101) Enclosure (NR)
OS 25"map, (1970)
There is a group of three circles to the S of 'Loch -an-a-Caileach', above Aigas Ferry.
T Wallace 1886
Centred at NH 453 411 is a settlement of six huts ('A' to 'F') with field system. Each hut is formed by a stone wall of a regular width all round and, except for 'D' is circular.
Hut 'A' has inner and outer wall facing stones visible round most of the perimeter giving an internal diameter of 18.0m and a wall thickness averaging 1.8m. The 'simple' entrance, in the ENE, is c. 3.5m wide and mutilated.
'B' has outer wall facing stones evident round the perimeter giving an overall diameter of 16.0m. The wall is spread to c. 3.0m. The 'simple' entrance in the SE is mutilated.
'C' is the same size as 'A'. The 'simple' entrance is in the E and is c. 3.0m wide. Although both wall faces can be seen giving a wall thickness of 1.8m. the spread of wall is c. 4.0m.
'D' is oval and measures c. 9.0m from the NW through the 'simple' entrance in the SE by c. 8.0m transversely between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.5m.
'E' has outer facing stones visible for most of the perimeter giving an overall diameter of 8.0m. The wall is spread to c. 2.5m. The 'simple' entrance is in the E.
'F' measures c. 7.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c. 2.5m. The 'simple' entrance, in the E, is 0.8m wide. Three stones in line mark its N side. The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets and walls forming fields varying in size from about 20m by 15m to 40m by 25m.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 March 1970
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 12 January 1972
Field Visit (2 November 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 12 November 2014.
Field Visit (March 1979)
Aigas1 NH453411 NH44SE 4
An unenclosed settlement with field-system occupies an area of about 10ha 400m NE of Oldtown of Aigas. There are two stone-walled houses measuring about 6.2m and 10.8m respectively in internal diameter and also two larger enclosures measuring 17.5m and 16m respectively within walls built of large boulders; both enclosures have entrances in the SE arcs, and their interiors appear to rise slightly towards the centre. In the vicinity of these structures there are a number of large dykes and lesser field divisions with extensive traces of stone clearance over the whole area. About 150m S of the southernmost enclosure the OS have recorded two more houses.
RCAHMS 1979, visited March 1979
(Wallace 1886, 351-2)
