MHG10004 - Airdens
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH69SW 2 6179 9357.
(NH 6179 9357) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
At Airdens, on a ridge some 80 yards SE of the targets, are the remains of a hut circle 30' in diameter within a 4' thick bank, with entrance from the E.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
This stone-walled hut, on a ridge, is 9.5m in diameter, within a wall spread to c.1.5m in the W, splaying to c.2.2m at the entrance, defined by a gap in the E. No details of the entrance are evident. The inner face is visible around most of the periphery, but no outer facing stones are evident.
A number of stone clearance heaps, probably of contemporary cultivation plots, may also be seen in the vicinity.
Hut circle surveyed at 1:2500 (OS {R D L}).
Visited by OS (R D L) 4 June 1963 and (N K B) 6 October 1969.
No change.
Visited by OS (J B) 29 August 1980.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6183 9354 (155m by 110m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH69SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CREICH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14007 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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