Monument record MHG12421 - Feith Mhor

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6148 0835 (131m by 98m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC60NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Hut Circle (NR) (NC 615 083) Tumuli (NR)
OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1873)

A hut circle measuring 19ft by 23ft in internal diameter and having an entrance in the SE. The tumuli are 'mounds of the usual type'.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

A small hut circle, 6.5m NW-SE by 5.5m internal diameter with an entrance 1.0m wide in the SE. The stony mounds to the S and E are field clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (W D J) 3 July 1980.

The hut circle is as described above; the wall is spread to 2.0m and 0.3m high internally. The fiald clearance heaps, 5.0m to 20.0m apart, form a small but well-preserved field system, but no measurable plots are evident.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 October 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 145, No. 417.

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2016 10:31AM

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