Monument record MHG44304 - Scrabster
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 5909 5450 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC55SE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | TONGUE |
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Full Description
(A: NC 5901 5460; B: NC 5928 5440) Undescribed features.
OS 6" map (1961)
These are two hut circles among the abandoned 18th/19th century township of Scrabster (NC55SE 7). A minor field system at least is denoted by stone clearance heaps and a few lynchets in the vicinity of hut 'B' and in the area centred NC 5881 5762; most of the area where further contemporary cultivation would be expected is occupied by the ruins of the above-mentioned township.
'A' measures 10.5m in diameter within a wall spread to about 2.5m and in which are occasional inner and outer facing stones. About 7m of the E arc is destroyed and no entrance is evident. A subcircular structure about 3m in diameter abutting the N arc is probably secondary.
'B' measures 8m by 7m within a wall where best preserved standing 0.4m high and spread to 2.5m broad. An entrance in the SE, the line of the long axis, is ill-defined.
Visited by OS (ISS) 6 July 1971
Hut circle 'B' is as described, but 'A', being somewhat angular, is more likely to be an enclosure associated with Scrabster township than a hut circle, though the interior has been levelled.
Visited by OS (JM) 26 September 1978
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM