Monument record MHG10092 - Allt Na H-Atha

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6380 9285 (227m by 138m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH69SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CREICH

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Full Description

Tumuli OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

Tumuli marked on 1st ed OS in this area at 263430893050 - HAW 2/2003

Enclosures OS 25"map, (1967)

On slight elevation 2 contiguous oval hut circles. The entrances are from SSE, that of W hut being 2 .5' wide, other is too indefinite to measure. Nearby are about eight small mounds.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

2 contiguous stone-walled huts lying WNW-ESE. Larger E hut measures c12m diameter between wall centres, with wall spread to c3m in N but destroyed in S. Other hut measures 9.5m diameter between wall centres, with walls spread to c2m all round. The entrance is not apparent in either hut. There are about a dozen stone clearance heaps immediately to W, probably of contemporary plots.
Huts surveyed at 1/2500 (OS {RDL}). 28 5 1963 and (RL) 16 October 1969.

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 1 September 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 26, No. 68.

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Record last edited

May 27 2016 2:12PM

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