Monument record MHG44727 - Turf and Stone Boundary Dyke, Altan Dubh

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Grid reference Centred NB 9908 1199 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NB91SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 03/04
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A heather covered circle partially truncated by the turf and stone boundary dyke.
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 29/03/04
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NB91SE 9908 1199

This hut-circle is overlain by the current croft fence and an earlier croft-dyke. It measures 5.5m in diameter within stony banks spread to 1.2m in thickness and 0.4m in height with a possible entrance on the SE, where there is a slight dip in the perimeter.
(ACHIL94 96)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 9 June 1994

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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