Monument record MHG11357 - Hut circle etc, Gylable Burn
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9494 1768 (454m by 360m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
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Full Description
At NC 949 176, on a broad shelf in a N-facing slope, is a settlement of four poorly-preserved hut circles (A-D) within a field system. The huts vary in internal size from the best-preserved, 'A', at 8.5m WNW-ESE by 7m, to 6.5m NW-SE by 5.5m (D) within heather and peat-covered walls spread to 2.5m, in which no structural details are visible. The entrance to each hut is in SE arc.
The field system occupying nine hectares of the undulating shelf incorporates several cultivation plots delineated by stone clearance heaps joined by lynchets; the plots measure about 40m by 20m average size.
Surveyed at 1:10,560. Visited by OS (NKB) 18 May 1976.
See also NC91NW 31 Gylable Burn-Hut Circles; Small Cairns and NC91NE 55 Oulmsdale Burn-Burn Mound.
Central Excavation Unit, Excavation and survey 1983.
CEU site 57/2/9 = hut circle OS 30b.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG9664 Image/Photograph(s): Excav. of 'Clearance' Cairn, Kilearnan Hill,. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
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Record last edited
Nov 7 2016 10:02AM
