Cronk Airadh Hut Circle
The site of the remains of up to 7 possible late prehistoric or early medieval hut circles. They were originally recorded by Canon Harrison, who saw the remains as an early settlement.
A group of 7 hut circles set on a gentle slope on a hillside which otherwise slopes steeply to the north. By their size and generally simple stone walls they are more comparable to the Bronze Age hutcircles of Dartmoor than any other such feature seen on the Island, though unlike Dartmoor settlements they are not enclosed.
A - is the remains of a stone-built hut circle of 5.0 metres diameter, which has been mutilated into a modern shelter 1.1 metres high. One orthostat remains in situ.
B - is the west half of a circle of large loosely piled stones averaging 0.4 metres long. Its diameter is 4.0 metres. Some of these stones look as though they have been placed upon the walls in a fairly recent attempt at restoration.
C - is oval and measures 6.0 metres north to south and 4.0 metres east to west. Its walls are 1.5 metres thick and 0.2 metres high.
D - is oval and measures 3.0 by 2.0 metres with walls 0.5 metres thick and 0.2 metres high.
E - is two huts with diameters of 3.0 metres and walls 0.2 metres high and 1.0 metre thick.
F - is a rather vague circle with internal diameter of 1.0 metre and with the north half alone remaining. Walls of turf and stone average 0.1 metres high and 0.7 metres thick. No entrances could be located.
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- Parish: Maughold
- Sheading: Garff
- Grid Ref: SC4370089000
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record