Monument record MHG11138 - Cnoc an Luib Bhig

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7448 1845 (527m by 154m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC71NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Situated on a SE facing moderate hillslope at altitude 168=206m OD, in rough pasture.
Information added by A M Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit, 17.04.00.

NC71NW 1 744 184.

(A: NC 7424 1850) Enclosure (NR) (B: NC 7457 1840) Enclosure (NR) (C: NC 7470 1846) Undescribed feature (see NC71NW 6 for other enclosures).
OS 6"map, (1968)

On the lower south-easterly slopes of a hill are the remains of several hut circles, and shieling bothies (See NC71NW 6).
Visited by OS (E G C) 22 July 1961.

There are three ill-preserved and heather-covered hut circles (A-C) in the area indicated.
'A' measures 9.5 by 8.5m within a wall spread to 4.5m and 0.3m high at the entrance in the SE on the line of the main axis, but elsewhere obscured.
'B' measures 5.5m diameter inside an ill-defined wall-spread; the entrance is in the SE.
'C' measures approximately 7.0m diameter internally; but details are obscured or destroyed by the overlying remains of one or more shieling bothies.
The only evidence of associated land-use is several scattered field clearance heaps.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 14 May 1981.

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2016 10:59AM

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