Monument record MHG10995 - Balnacoil Hill

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Grid reference Centred NC 8072 1175 (329m by 249m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Enclosure (NR) OS 6" map, (1969)

An enclosure was discovered during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10,560 Visited by OS (R D L) 5 May 1964.

On a SW-facing heather covered slope is a stone-walled hut within a small but well-preserved field system. The hut measures 12m internal diameter within a wall greatly obscured by peat spread to 2.5m broad. The entrance is in the W arc.
The field system extending for 2 hectares comprises cultivation plots, 25m by 15m average size, delineated mainly by clearance heaps with some lynchets evident.
Visited by OS (J B) 30 December 1975.

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2016 3:26PM

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