Monument record MHG57213 - Hut circle - Sgurr Onrachdain E (Hinnesdal Bridge 1)

NG35NE 16 391 565.

(NG 3919 5657) Hut Circles (NR) (3 shown)
OS 6"map, (1968)

Centred at NG 391 565 is a settlement of seven stone- walled huts (A to G). Three of the huts 'A, 'B' and 'C' were found and described by OS (A C) 6 May 1961.
Huts 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E' and 'G' are circular and the measurements of these huts are given between wall centres.
'E' measures c. 10.5m in diameter with the wall spreaad to c. 2.0m all round. The 'simple' entrance in the WSW is flanked to N and S by two earth-fast stones giving a width of 1.0m. Inner and outer facing stones on either side of the entrance give a wall thickness here of 1.6m. There are no definite traces of contemporary cultivation the surrounding area being occupied by cultivation associated with depopulated steadings.
Visited by OS (R L) 21 September 1971.

For main A see MHG3164
For add A see MHG57209
For B see MHG57210
For C see MHG57211
For D see MHG57212
For F see MHG57214
For G see MHG57215

139158 856463 Hinnesdal Bridge 1 (Sgurr Onrachdain) EB201: The hut circle E was visited by A Welti and B Blackburn in 2010 as part of research for a dissertation on hut circles in Wester Ross. This was part of a degree course overseen by Aberdeen University. HER has a good detailed description of 7 HCs as they were in 1971. This survey found 9 and they are here recorded separately. This circular HC is sited in flat sometimes boggy terrain with areas highly grazed. HC is in a large flat 'bowl' surrounded by low cliffs, as are the rest of the cluster. Average inner diameter is 8.55m, external diameter 12.35m. Double skinned walls are 1.9m thick with max height 0.2m.A probable entrance faces SW with internal and external widths 1m. Passage length is 2.7m, indicating extended terminals. In the cluster EB201 and 202 (see MHG57212) are 20m apart. EB203 (see MHG3164) and 204 (see MHG57209) are adjoining. EB208 (see MHG57211) and 209 (see MHG57216) are 25m apart, EB208 and 206 (see MHG57210) are 5m apart, EB205 (see MHG57214) is slightly further from the rest of the cluster. A broch is sited around 500m to N of the cluster. <1> <2>

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