Monument record MHG9805 - Suishill Lodge

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9037 2385 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC92SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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Full Description

NC92SW 37 9037 2385.
Undescribed circular feature. OS 6"map, (1963)

This is a hut circle within abandoned 18th/19th century settlement of westerly aspect. Hut, set into slope, is 8.5m inside diameter, and entrance is from S. Its wall is overlaid in NE by a later wall, and W arc is partly destroyed by an intruding rectangular footing; elsewhere the wall remains as a low peat-silted spread 2m broad. The hut interior is crossed by a later wall, on a NW-SE axis.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 January 1977

This hut-circle is levelled into the slope and measures 8m in diameter within a stony bank 2.3m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The entrance is on the NW, and there is a secondary structure built into the NE quadrant.
(KILD91 367)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 5 June 1991.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1993. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Strath of Kildonan: an archaeological survey. .

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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