Monument record MHG5782 - Balgown

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3890 6890 (160m by 160m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG36NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILMUIR

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Full Description

NG36NE 13 389 689.

Centred at NG 389 689 is a settlement of four circular stone-walled huts (A to D).
Apart from 'A' the hut measurements are given between wall centres.
Hut 'A' has the inner wall face visible intermittently indicating an internal diameter of 6.5m. The outer wall face is evident in the N and S giving a wall thickness of 1.9m. The entrance is not evident.
'B' measures c.6.0m in diameter with the wall spread to c.2.0m all round. Several inner wall facing stones are visible and a single outer facing stone in the SW give a wall thickness here of 1.0m. The entrance in the W is ill-defined.
'C' is denuded measuring c.9.0m in diameter with the wall spread to an indeterminate width. The S side is clipped by a probably contemporary field bank. The entrance is not apparent.
'D' scarcely discernible, measures c.7.0m in diameter with the wall spread to an indeterminate width. The entrance is not evident.
Around the huts are a few denuded stone clearance heaps and low banks, probably from contemporary cultivation plots, which are overlaid by later cultivation including lazy beds.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 9 September 1971.


Hut Circle, Kilmuir School (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9765.

Hut Circle, Kilmuir School (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9775.

Hut Circle, Kilmuir School (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9781.

Hut Circle,Kilmuir School (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9769.

Settlement, Kilmuir School (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG9763.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Settlement, Kilmuir School. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Hut Circle, Kilmuir School. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Hut Circle,Kilmuir School. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Hut Circle, Kilmuir School. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Hut Circle, Kilmuir School. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .

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Record last edited

Jul 9 2008 12:51PM

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