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Latitude: 57.6255 / 57°37'31"N
Longitude: -4.2559 / 4°15'21"W
OS Eastings: 265376
OS Northings: 861743
OS Grid: NH653617
Mapcode National: GBR H8VK.R8L
Mapcode Global: WH3DK.LLLL
Entry Name: Wester Brae,hut circles & field system
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4773
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system
Location: Resolis
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Cromartyshire
The monument consists of a two hut circles and a field system. Hut circle A measures 9m in diameter within a stone wall spread to 2m wide. The entrance lies in the NW. Hut circle B survives as a low stony platform about 8m in diameter. The field system consists of stone clearance cairns and several field walls.
The area to be scheduled is approximately triangular and measures 325m NW/SE by up to 180m transversely, its edges being defined in the east and SW by modern field boundaries as depicted in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved field monument and through its potential to increase understanding of prehistoric house construction, settlement and farming practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 66 SE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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