Monument record MHG11859 - Hut circle, Savalbeg

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Grid reference Centred NC 5964 0774 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC50NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Hut circle survives as earthwork within field system, see O-Hennessey plan for Savalbeg enclosure. Photo from site visit 16.4.2003 - HAW 4/2003

NC50NE 62 5965 0774.
At NC 5965 0774, set into a S-facing slope, is an oval, stone walled hut circle, measuring 8.5m WNW-ESE by 7.5m transversely within a low wall spread to 2.5m broad. The entrance of simple form is in ESE arc. There is some evidence of field clearance to the N of the hut, but the area was formerly afforested and this has destroyed any pattern of cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:2500 , 1:10,000. Visited by OS (NKB) 13 8 1976.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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