Monument record MHG6313 - Hut circle, Stittenham
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6541 7469 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH67SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | ROSSKEEN |
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Full Description
GR corrected to above - HAW 5/2004
NH67SE 25 6541 7468.
At NH 6541 7468 on the brink of a S slope in a pasture field is a circular stone - walled hut c.10.5m in diameter between the centres of a mutilated wall spread to c.3.0m in the N arc, but destroyed in the S by erosion. The indistinct entrance is in the SE outside of which are a number of boulders which are probably displaced from the hut.
There is no evidence of contemporary cultivation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 October 1970.
This hut-circle measures about 10.5m in diameter within a wall about 3m thick. The entrance is on the SE and there are outer facing-stones on the N.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG21290 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg C. 1999. Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Woodland Grant Scheme at Stittenham Farm, Ardross, Easter Ross.. Catherine Dagg. 08/02/1999. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 19, No. 150.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jun 27 2016 3:36PM
