Monument record MHG11716 - Achormlarie

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7019 9463 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH79SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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NH79SW 18 7020 9463 and 7016 9465

'A' NH 7020 9463. Levelled into the hillside. This hut circle measures 6.5m by 5.5m internally, within heather-covered tumbled walling up to 1.0m high on SE, and up to 3.0m wide. The entrance is on the SSE.
'B' NH 7016 9465. A hut circle levelled into the steep slope and measuring 8.0m by 6.5m internally within a spread heather-covered wall up to 2.5m wide and 0.4m high. The entrance is on the S. (The field system consists of) up to 30 substantial clearance cairns surround(ing) the hut circles over an area of almost 1 1/2 ha. Some cairns are adjoined by lynchets. See NH79SW 14.
D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983, 15 (see archive MS/578/1)

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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