Monument record MHG744 - Hut Circle, Reay Burn

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9669 6350 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC96SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

At NC 9673 6350, NC 9674 6355 and NC 9675 6351 there are three hut circles measuring respectively 8.0m, 7.5m and 7.0m in diameter. They are all visible as grass-covered banks 0.6m high; the two southerly ones each have an entrance in the SE while in the northern one, no entrance is apparent.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 November 1964; Visible on RAF air photographs 106G/Scot/UK 75 4361-2 (flown 1946)

(NC 967 635) Hut Circles (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)

Three turf-covered hut circles (A-C) on a moorland ridge.
'A', set in the slope, measures approximately 7m in diameter within a wall spread at most to 2m and 0.4m high. The S quarter is mutilated. 'B', set in the slope, measures an estimated 6.5m in diameter within a wall spread from 2-2.5m and up to 0.4m high.
'C' measures about 8.5m in diameter within tenuous wall remains. Within the hut in the entrance sector a concave arc of banking, 2m wide by 0.3m high, suggests a secondary hut circle 5.5m internal diameter.
In the general vicinity of the hut circles two or three slight, peat-covered mounds probably denote associated stone clearance.
Revised at 1:10560. Visited by OS (J M) 4 August 1981.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Cathy Dagg. 1998. Archaeological Survey of a Proposed WGS plantation at Sandside Estate, Caithness.
  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg C. 1998. Archaeological Survey of a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme plantation at Sandside Estate near Thurso, Caithness. . Digital.

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2016 12:27PM

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