Monument record MHG12776 - Leathad Creagach

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6220 0303 (313m by 239m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC60SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Full Description

NC60SW 7 centred 6220 0305.

Centred at NC 6220 0305 is a settlement of three stone-walled huts (A-C) and a contemporary field system marked by stone clearance heaps and occasional lynchets.
'A' measures 7.5m NW-SE by 6.0m between the centres of an ill-defined wall destroyed in the NW. The entrance is in the SE.
'B' is 12.5m ESE-WNW by 10.0m between wall centres, with the entrance in the ESE.
'C' is well preserved with an inner wall face of slabs on edge giving an internal diameter of 7.5m. A few outer facing stones give a wall thickness of 1.4m. The ill-defined entrance is in the SE. Two walls springing from the S and SW arcs run respectively E and W before turning N, forming a contemporary enclosure about 70m E-W by 45m N-S.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 30 June 1975.

No change
Visited by OS (J B) 6 October 1980.

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2016 10:02AM

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