Monument record MHG32285 - Hut circle, Camore Wood

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Grid reference Centred NH 7713 8932 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet NH78NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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on raised natural knoll, clear felled - HAW 8/2003

5898: SAM MP 2003: Complex double hut circle with extension on rise beside track. Cleared during spring. Hut circles are joined most northerly one has ESE entrance & is c10m across with exposed stones on walls & at entrance. Middle part has WSW facing entrance is c14m across. The most southerly part is much less distinct but appears to have WSW facing entrance.

Dornoch Heritage Soc site P 21: Plan: Joined to O by wall. Is visdible as platform c6.5m diam, set into W facing slope, surrounded by traces of wall. Entrance not apparent.

Hut circle marked on 1st ed OS

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Robertson SJT. 1993. Camore Sydera Woods Settlement of Hut Circles, Dornoch, 2003.
  • --- Text/Manuscript: Robertson SJT. 1993. Prehistoric Dornoch.

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Record last edited

Apr 14 2008 11:15AM

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