Monument record MHG383 - Hut Circle, Dun Burn

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Grid reference Centred ND 1001 2464 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND12SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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A hut circle, set into a NE-facing slope with a back-scarp 1m high. It measures 7.5m NW-SE by 7m transversely within a wall, 0.6m high, spread to 2.5m and widening to 4m at the entrance, in SE. Extending from the E tangent of the hut to the SE for a distance of 7.5m is a stony scarp defining the NE side of a platform or annexe outside the entrance. There is no evidence of associated cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1982.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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