Monument record MHG10552 - Hut circles, Cladh Maireannach
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 7788 0978 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC70NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ROGART |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NC70NE 31 7788 0978 and 7790 0980.
'A' NC 7788 0978; 'B' NC 7790 0980. On SE-facing slope within later cultivation are two hut circle.
'A', the better preserved, is 11m internal diameter, within a wall faced with stones on edge 1.5m wide, increasing to 2m at the entrance in SE arc. It is overlaid with later clearance and may have been utilised as a sheepfold.
'B' measures 11m between the centres of a turf- covered spread wall, whose SE arc (and preseumably the entrance) has been destroyed by a track.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (NKB) 24 November 1975.
Situated on a SSE facing steep hillside at altitude 91=107m OD, within woodland. A M Fox, 17.04.00. <1>
The South hut circle 'A' was recorded during walkover survey. It was recorded as 10m internal diameter stone-walled remains of a hut circle, set in dense bracken immediately to the SW of the track leading down from the Brora-Rogart public road to Cladh Maireannach cemetery. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG24538 Verbal Communication: Fox, A M. Comments by Alison Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit.
- <2> SHG24933 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lindsay, N. 09/2009. Dalreavoch-Sciberscross, Strath Brora, Sutherland: A Report on an Archaeological Walk-Over Survey. Unaffiliated. Digital. Feature 80.
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Record last edited
Sep 29 2010 3:49PM