Monument record MHG11240 - Cnoc an Uachdair
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 7319 0730 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC70NW |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ROGART |
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Full Description
At NC7319 0730, on a moorland ridge, is a hut circle measuring 11.5 by 9.5m inside a wall reduced to a peat and grass-covered spread 2-2.5m broad and up to 0.3m high; the entrance is in the SE on the line of the main axis. There are occasional heaps of associated stone clearance in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (J M) 8 April 1981.
This hut-circle is situated on a low, heather-covered ridge projecting from the NE flank of Cnoc an Uachdair. It measures 10.2m in diameter within a boulder-faced bank 1.2m in thickness and 0.3m in height. The entrance lies on the SE. A single small cairn, measuring about 3m in diameter, was located in the rank heather along the ridge to the SE of the hut-circle.
(ROG95 34)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 9 March 1995
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM