Dighty Valley - Archaeology Data Service

LONG CAIRNS
NH/672357. 150 yds. ME. of a ruined steading is this grasscovered
long cairn aligned ESE.-WNW, The cairn is 57 ft. long.
32 ft. wide at the E. end and 36 ft. wide at the W., and has rounded
ends. Stones are visible at the W. end.
NH/669352. 30 yds. from the ruined farmhouse (named
'* Newlands " on 6 inch sheet XX) a probable long cairn 35 ft. x
13 ft. and aligned SE.-NW. has been supplemented with field
gathered stones to a present height of 6 ft. The cairn apparently had
rounded ends and there are sugestions of a boulder kerb.
NH/656344. A long cairn 58 ft. x 26 ft. and 2 ft. high,
aligned E. - W.
NH/658347. A group of three probable long cairns. Two are
aligned E.-W. and measure 34 ft. x 21 ft. and 40 ft. x 18 ft. Both
are 4 ft. high. A third is aligned N.-S. and is 28 ft. x 17 ft. and
4£ ft. high. All have been used as dumps for field clearance stones.
The second one may conceivably have been a ruined rectangular
house.
STONE CIRCLES
NH/680355. Two concentric circles, the inner 20-22 ft. in
diameter and the outer 37 - 40 ft. in diameter. Possibly the remains
of a hut circle.
NH/682355. A circle of 14 stones 44 -45 ft. in diameter and
(his also may be all that remains of a hut circle.
NH/684355. A circle of 10 quite large stones 65-68 ft. in
diameter with two large stones lying outside the circle to the N.
This might conceivably be the remains of a Clava cairn.
MISCELLANEOUS
NH/670358. A standing-stone. Other stones lying flat are in
the vicinity but no trace of a cairn.
NH/654344. A small horse-shoe shaped mound with the
opening towards the road. The interior is 5 ft. in diameter. Possibly
a kiln.
NH/626327. Horse-shoe shaped mound with walls 4 ft. thick
and 4 ft. high near a deserted settlement on the shore of L. Dun
Seilcheig. The chamber is 11 ft. in diameter and opens towards the
loch. NH/667357. A small circle of turf 9 ft. in diameter with no
opening. The wall is 4 ft wide and 2 ft. high. This curious little
** basin " is situated on the summit of a knoll about 150 yds. from
a ruined house.
NH/6I9326. An elongated enclosure 30 ft. long with an
entrance at the SE. end. Another smaller one lies between this and
the hut circle at NH/620326 (SW. end of the ridge).
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