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)
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> Verbal Communication: Fox, A M. Comments by Alison Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit.
  • <2> 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

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