Monument record MHG7954 - Hut & Midden, Camus a Charraig

Previous site visits have noted an amount of tipping of rubbish into the circle, but it is now clean, possibly due to its higher profile through Archaeology Week visits etc.
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 23/3/04
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NG89NE 1 8914 9569.

NG 895 957. 'In a recently eroded sandy area I have discovered what appears to be remains of a prehistoric beehive house, similar to those on Forvie Sands, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. An intact rubbish heap exists against S wall, composed largely of shells.'
Info contained in letter from F White, 24 July 1962.

NG 8914 9569. In a depression in sand dunes overlooking Camus a'Charraig, there is a well-preserved hut circle, measuring 12.5 m internal diameter. The walls, 2.1m thick, consist of red sandstone orthostats 0.7m max. height forming both inner and outer wall faces, with rubble infilling. The entrance is in SE, adjacent to a midden heap of limpet and cockle shells, against the outside wall. Vague traces of possible internal cells are visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 15 March 1965.

NG 891 956. A fragmentary rubbing stone was found in S terminal of SE entrance of a hut circle by the beach at Mellon Udrigle. It was formally not claimed as Treasure Trove (TTNC 95/23) and will be donated to the Highland Council Museum Service.
National Museum of Scotland 1996

Camus A Charraig (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG14266.

Camus A Charraig (Image/Photograph(s)). SHG14267.

NMS, 1996, 'Mellon Udrigle (Gairloch parish), rubbing stone', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996, p.64, 64 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1108.