Monument record MHG11093 - Tom Apigill

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7072 5653 (109m by 147m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC75NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Full Description

NC75NW 79 707 565.
At the foot of a steep west facing rocky slope, are 2 heather covered hut circles. The first hut at NC 7069 5656 is 9.5m in diameter within a spread wall 2m wide and 0.5m in average height. The entrance is in the south. The second hut at NC 7073 5652 is 7m N-S by 5.5m within a spread wall of 1.7m average width and 0.5m high. The entrance is also in the south. Contemporary cultivation is represented solely by half a dozen to a dozen scattered clearance heaps. A later bothy lies adjacent to the larger hut circle. It is nearly square measuring 4.0m internally; its dry stone wall 1m wide and 0.4m high.
Surveyed at 1:10000 Visited by OS (J B) 4 December 1978.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Tom Apigill, (b). Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Tom Apigill, (a).. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Tom Apigill, (a).. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2016 10:03AM

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