MHG12790 - Hut circle or shieling hut, Cnoc Olasdail

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STRUCTURE (Undated)
(Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

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Hut circle, 7.0m in diameter and 0.75m high, with a double row of stones on circumference. It is associated with a field wall, 40.0m long, running uphill from it.
R J Mercer 1980

In line of an old field wall is a roughly circular structure 3.0m across within walling spread 1.5m broad and 0.2m high; in the vicinity are several bothy-type footings. All are remains of land activity abandoned in the 18th/19th century.
Visited by OS June 1981

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--- SHG2510 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 108, Nos. DAL 37, 37a.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5524 1743 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC51NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	LAIRG

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5153 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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