Monument record MHG12097 - Creagan Speirig

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 4721 5603 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC45NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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(NC 4721 5603) Hut Circle (NR) OS 6"map, (1961)

NC 4721 5603. On a shelf on the E side of Loch Hope is a well-preserved hut circle set into a slight slope. It is 10.5m in diameter within a wall 1.2m thick, which attains a maximum height of 0.5m in places. There is an entrance in the W side.
Visited by OS (A C) 3 June 1959; Visible on RAF air photograph 106G.Scot.UK74:4127

This hut circle measures 11.5m in internal diameter and has an entrance, as noted, from the W; its wall survives in an inner facing, well defined and up to 0.7m high, backed by rubble spread 2.0m to 2.5m broad. North of the hut are several field clearance heaps.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 October 1978.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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