MHG17766 - Possible Hut Circles - Raasay Forest, Raasay
Summary
A group of ruinous hut circles.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Hut circles?: recorded during May 1993 ahead of felling mature trees. Full details are lodged with Dualchas, Skye and Lochaish Museums Service.
Sponsor: Forest Enterprise.
Dualchas 1994b.
Site recorded during a survey of the townships of North and South Screapadal plus the surrounding area carried out by the Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (ACFA) in April 1998 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island of Raasay.
Feature 17; Hut circles. Lying 10m to the east of the forest road are a group of ruinous hut circles. Two contiguous circles of rubble with some stones set upright are Sm and 6m in diameter. A third similar circle set slightly apart also measures 8m diameter. With a setting of several large boulders round the western rim. Depressions or low mounds around the site may indicate that the hut circles identified may overlie earlier similar structures.
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid reference. (9/10/26)
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG292 Text/Publication/Article: Dualchas. 1994. 'Brochel Forest, Raasay (Portree parish): pre-felling survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1994, p.41. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 41. 41.
- <1> SHG21107 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Macdonald, J. & Wood, J. S.. 1998. An Archaeological Survey of the townships of North & South Screapadal, with a survey of the surrounding area, on Raasay, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region. Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (ACFA). 30/01/1998. Digital. Feature 17. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5816 4566 (42m by 42m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG54NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://trove.scot/place/142936 (https://trove.scot/place/142936)
- https://trove.scot/place/87853 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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