Monument record MHG28491 - Hut circle, Allt Achadh Na Teanga

NC60NE 41 6588 0744, 6593 0744 and 6582 0746

These three hut-circles are situated on heather-covered terraces on gently-sloping ground above the Allt Achadh na Teanga. Close by the huts two small cairns and a possible lynchet 60m in length were identified, and other cultivation remains may be concealed beneath the peat which cloaks the hillside and was found to be at least 0.35m deep over the walls of all three hut-circles. The hut-circles are disposed in a rough line, about 50m apart. That to the E, at NC 6593 0744 (ROG95 453), is sub-circular, measuring 11m ESE-WNW by 9m transversely within a stony bank 0.6m high and spread to a thickness of 2.5m. facing stones are visible at the entrance, which was on the ESE. The second hut-circle, at NC 6588 0744 (ROG95 454), is defined by occasional outer facing-stones, which give overall dimensions of 11.5m from NW to SE by 10.5m transversely, around a central hollow measuring about 5.6m by 4.2m. The entrance may have been on the SSE. The third hut-circle, at NC 6582 0746 (ROG95 455) stands on the leading edge of a terrace overlooking the other two. It measures 10m in diameter within a bank 0.5m high and spread to 1.5m in thickness. Several edge-set facing stones are visible around the outer edge, and the entrance was in the SE.
(ROG95 453-5)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 12 May 1995