Monument record MHG12817 - Cnoc Olasdail

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5560 1710 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC51NE 4 5563 1714 and 5555 1731.

(A: NC 5563 1714) Undescribed feature.
OS 1:10,000 map (1970)

A circular enclosure (A) 8m in diameter, with a possible opening in the south side.
R J Mercer 1980

On a SW-facing hillside are two hut circles (A and B). Hut B is newly located at NC 5555 1731.
'A' measures 9.0m. by 8.0m. across within a turf-covered wall spread from 2.5 to 3.0m and, in the east half, up to 0.7m high: the entrance is in the south on the line of the main axis.
'B' measures an estimated 7.5m N-S by 6.5m internally; the entrance is no longer evident. The wall has been destroyed in the SE quarter, where a bothy-type footing 5.0 by 4.0m intrudes on the hut exterior, and elsewhere is reduced to an obscure heather and grass-covered spread. Associated land-use is indicated in occasional heaps of stone clearance along the slopes in the vicinity of the huts.
'A' revised at 1:10,000
'B' Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (JM) 17 June 1981

No change to existing record.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 17 October 1989

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 33, 109, No DAL 39.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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