Monument record MHG12181 - Shinness

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Grid reference Centred NC 5460 1510 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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This hut-circle is situated at the SE end of a low ridge and measures 8.5m NW to SE by 6m transversely within a peat-covered bank up to 1.8m in thickness by 0.4m in height. A dip in the crest of the bank on the SSE may mark the position of an entrance set eccentrically to the axis of the hut-circle.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
A group of small cairns extends NW along the ridge.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 11 October 1989

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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