Monument record MHG7782 - Hut circle etc, Cul Beag
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 4603 5029 (1102m by 435m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH45SE |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | URRAY |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
On S facing slope is a settlement of 12 hut circles ('A'-'M') and a contemporary field system.
All the huts are circular except 'C', 'G' and 'M' which are oval. Walls are generally spread between 2.5m and 3.5m.
'A', 'B', 'D' and 'E' are visible as circular platforms measuring 11m in diameter with a few stones protruding around the perimeters.
'C' is an ill-defined oval platform measuring 15m E-W by 13m.
'F' is well-defined by a wall of bare stones, though no definite facing stones are evident, and measures 11.5m in diameter between wall centres. The entrance is in the ESE.
'G' is well-defined measuring 11m NNW-SSE by 9m between wall centres. The entrance is in SSE.
'J' is well-preserved and measures 13m between wall centres. The entrance is in E.
'K' is an ill-defined platform, 11.5m in diameter with a few stones visible around the perimeter.
'L' is a platform, 12.5m in diameter with occasional
outer facing stones visible. The ill-defined entrance is in SE.
'M' heavily mutilated, measures 13m NW-SE by 11.5m
between wall centres. The mutilated entrance is in
SE.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets, and one or two ruinous walls.
Huts surveyed at 1/10,000. Field system delineated on 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 12 April 1973
Hut circle 'M' is not hut circle but enclosure of probably later date.
Visited by RCAMS (JRS) March 1989.
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Record last edited
May 25 2016 2:30PM