Monument record MHG39434 - Clearance Cairn, Ousdale Burn

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Grid reference Centred ND 0669 2060 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND02SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Levelled into a S-facing slope are two circular, stone-walled huts.
Hut 'A' measures 8m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 2.5m all round. Several inner facing-stones are visible in the N and E arcs and an occasional measurements or wall thickness. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
Hut 'B' measures 7m in diameter between the centres of a peat-covered wall spread to about 3m. The simple entrance is in the S. There are several heavily peat covered stone clearance heaps and traces of probably contemporary walls in the area, but peat growth hides details of cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (I S S) 21 April 1972.

The hut circles (A and B) are as described by the previous OS field surveyor. At ND 0670 2059 is a further example (C), measuring 6.5m NW-SE by 5.5m transversely within a heather-covered wall 0.2m average height and spread to 2.0m. The entrance, of simple form, is in the SE.
Huts A-C surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1982.

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Record last edited

Oct 31 2011 1:54PM

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