Monument record MHG39830 - Lynchet, Dun Burn

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Grid reference Centred ND 0974 2552 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND02NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Set into a SW-facing slope, is a hut circle, oval in shape, measuring 8.5m by 7.5m transversely within a heather-covered wall, 0.5m high, generally spread to 2.5m, but broadening to 4.0m at the entrance, in the SE. There are some traces of lynchets and several stone clearance heaps to the S indicating associated cultivation, but no field plots are discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 15 November 1982.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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