MHG5983 - Hut Circle - Upper Halistra

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Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NG25NW 1.24 2571 6006.

This hut-circle is situated on a terrace to the E of a denuded field bank running through an area of burnt-off heather and surface peat cutting; it measures about 8m in diameter over a stony bank spread to 1.8m and 0.4m in height with a possible entrance on the SW.
(WAT90 1000)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 October 1990.

This hut circle is faintly visible in aerial photography. There is possible another visible to the SSW, approximately 6m internally in diameter. <1> <2>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 2570 6005 (19m by 27m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG26SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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