Monument record MHG10980 - Hut circle, Dunviden Hill

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7372 5178 (233m by 320m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC75SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC75SW 49 737 517.

Centred on NC 737 517 on a west facing hillside is a settlement of 3 hut circles ('A' - 'C') accompanied by a minor field system.
'A' measures 6m diameter internally; the walls, heather covered, stands 0.2m high and is spread to 2m broad. An entrance is in the south quarter.
'B' is reduced to a peat silted platform measuring 11m diameter. A depression in SE arc may indicate an entrance position.
'C', against the slope, measures approximately 8m by 6.5m inside an indefinite, heather covered wall; an entrance is in the south quarter on the line of the long axis.
The field system is indicated by mounds of stone clearance spaced at closest 10.0m apart; no plots are discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J M) 23 August 1977.

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Record last edited

Sep 9 2016 9:53AM

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