Angus HER - NO58SW0004 - BLACKHILLS

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Primary ReferenceNO58SW0004
NameBLACKHILLS
NRHE Card No.NO58SW4
NRHE Numlink 35239
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a field system and hut-circle. A system of clearance heaps with stony field banks in the south part. No hut circles were visible in 1958 when visited by the OS, but the type and distribution of the clearance heaps were described as typical of those which accompany huts. The heaps vary in shape and size, some being circular, 2.0m to 4.0m in diameter, and some elongated, about 4.0m by 2.0m generally. All are about 0.2m, to 0.5m, in height. In 1971 the OS surveyed an ill-defined, circular, stone-walled hut and a contemporary field system centred at NO 540 810. The hut, at the base of a slight natural scarp, is visible as a platform surrounded by an ill-defined wall measuring about 8.5m in diameter between its centres. The entrance is not evident. The field system comprises stone clearance heaps, lynchets and traces of a few ruinous walls, marking cultivation plots varying between about 45.0m by 25.0m and 25.0m by 20.0m. The south-west part had recently been reclaimed and is used for rough grazing. At NO 5380 8143, NO 5381 8118 and NO 5407 8143 are obvious cairns, and there are other remains that look like hut circles. See also NO58SW0006.
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National Grid Reference: NO 5410 8110



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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
FIELD-SYSTEMS REMAINS OFB100
LYNCHETS REMAINS OFC100
CAIRNS REMAINS OFD100
CAIRNS CLEARANCEE100
HUT-CIRCLES REMAINS OFA100