MHG10012 - Hut circle, Maikle Wood

Summary

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Type and Period (2)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)
  • CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

In the Maikle Wood (NH 60 94), to N of W end of cultivated land, are some half a dozen mounds, overgrown with vegetation, measuring from 18' to 20' in diameter; also the indefinite remains of a hut circle, through which a road passes running E-W. Small mounds extend for some distance through the wood towards the W and N. In the SE corner of the wood, about 150 yards above the road, is a small group of ill-defined mounds.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

Not located. Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1963.
No change. Visited by OS (N K B) 2 October 1969.
No change. Visited by OS (J B) 1 September 1980.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6000 9400 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH69SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CREICH

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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