Monument record MHG11073 - Ht circle, Achnabourin

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7081 5891 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC75NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Field survey notes (undated) referring to hut circle at this GR in SMR File - HAW 11/2003

NC75NW 1 7082 5891. Enclosure (NR) OS 6"map, (1964)

An enclosure is situated on the summit of a prominent knoll, about 5m high. It is circular in plan, consisting of a strong, turf-covered wall, spread to some 3m, and 0.1m high, which has been entirely destroyed for a distance of 7m on the NW. The internal diameter is 14m and the entrance appears to have been in the SE, where there is a 2m wide depression in the bank.
Visited by OS (J L D) 2 May 1960.

This is a hut circle situated on the summit of a prominent knoll. The hut is about 12.0m in diameter within a turf-covered wall approximately 2.0m thick and surviving up to 0.7m high.
Some 7.0m of the wall has been destroyed in the NW arc. The entrance is in the E. No trace of contemporary cultivation is visible; the surrounding area has been cultivated in more recent times.
Revised at 1:10,000 Visited by OS (J B) 22 September 1978.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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