Monument record MHG12012 - Possible Structure, Loch Borralie
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3854 6730 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
(NC 3854 6730) Hut circle with butt or lambing pen built inside it, overall 19 1/2 ft.
(NC 3860 6731) Hut circle with later structure partially on and partially inside it, overall 29 ft.
Information from Dr C S Sandeman, Durness, 14 March 1967.
Hut circles.
R W K Reid 1968.
Neither of the structures described are hut circles. That at NC 3854 6730 at the end of a low point on the E side of Loch Borralie survives as a sub-circular spread of stones about 5.5m in diameter suggesting a crude bothy, which has been overlaid by a lambing pen occupying the W side. Alternatively the spread of stones may be a natural formation displaced from a nearby rock face.
The other structure, at NC 3862 6732, comprises a rectangular enclosure, 5.0m by 3.5m internally, with a D-shaped enclosure 5.0m by 2.5m abutting on the N side. Both are early modern in date.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 May 1980.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1366 Text/Publication/Article: Reid, R W K. 1968. 'Prehistoric settlement in Durness', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 99 1966-7, p.21-53. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 21-53. 39, Nos. 40-1.
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
