More information : [Area centred SW 4710 3535 - sited from small scale map] Two huts Hut 'A' (SW 4707 3525) Diameter 8.0m, bounded by a bank of small stones up to 1.0m high. The entrance is in the S.E. Hut 'B' (SW 47163535) Diameter 5.5m but very mutilated An irregular bank of small stones enclos es the circle with traces of an outer retaining wall of larger stones visible in places. The entrance could not be discerned. A bank of the Chysauster field system (SW 43 NE, 69) runs ito the circle from the NE. A 25" survey of both huts has been made. Both listed as hut circles by Russell (a) Hut 'A' Well defined; no change from survey of 15.11.60. Hut 'B' This low amorphous mound, approximately 5.0m in diameter and 0.3m high with a few large protruding stones, cannot be identifiedas a hut circle and may only be part of the field bank or a clearance heap as the bank now ceases some 4.0m from the mound. SW 47063527. Several hut circles and possible rectangular enclosue. SW 47173540, SW 47093538, SW 47153526. Hut circles. All hut circles within field system.
Although the author does not give an exact siting the kerbed cairn was excavated by the Central Excavation Unit in 1984. The cairn is described as having been incorporated in the line of one of the field walls belonging to the field system surrounding the Chysauster settlement (see SW 43 NE 69) while a map published by Christie (6) suggests that the cairn is approximately at the location of Hut B given above by F1. Hut A may well be the circular house excavated at the same time. The cairn consists of a kerb of large granite slabs infilled with smaller rubble to produce a roughly level platform. The rubble included a granite boulder with a cup mark and a globular amber bead. In the centre of the cairn were two pits each containing urn burials. A second group of 6 burials lay in a concentric circle around the kerb. The cairn was constructed over a deep uncultivated forest soil. Radiocarbon dates obtained so far from various contexts range from 1840*/-120 bc to 1380*/80 bc. (5) |