Wood Of Beachens
Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Wood Of Beachens
Classification Field System (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15754
Site Number NJ04NW 4
NGR NJ 0263 4698
NGR Description NJ 0263 4698 ('A') and NJ 0268 4678 ('B')
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Edinkillie (Moray)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ04NW 4 026 469.
(Centred NJ 026 469 ) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906).
A field system with two contemporary oval stone-walled huts at NJ 0263 4698 ('A') and NJ 0268 4678 ('B') in the Wood of Beachens on a gentle southern slope at approx 750ft OD.
Hut 'A' measures about 15.0m from the WNW through the ill defined entrance in the ESE, by about 12.0m transversely, between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round.
Hut 'B' measures about 11.0m from the WNW through the ill defined entrance in the ESE, by about 9.5m transversely between the centres of a wall spread to about 2.5m all round. Occasional outer facing stones are visible around the W arc.
A feature at NJ 0258 4702 described and surveyed as a hut about 8.5m in diameter with S entrance by Blood, is now in too poor a condition to classify with certainty, but seems more likely to be a fortuitous arrangement resulting from tree uprooting around a clearance heap.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps and occasional lynchets but details of the fields are obscured by the afforestation. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 26 August 1965 and (AA) 26 April 1971.
Field Visit (4 July 1991)
The more northerly hut-circle appears to be situated in a mature plantation but could not be located. The more southerly could not be located in an area of more recent afforestation. The area has been deep-ploughed and numerous damaged cairns were seen.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 July 1991.
