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MHG10018 - Hut circle - E of Migdale Hospital ('A')

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A hut circle to the east of Migdale Hospital.

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One of three hut circles the east of Migdale Hospital, recorded by the OS as hut circle 'A'. See MHG65659 for hut circle 'B' and MHG65660 for hut circle 'C'.

(A: NH 6189 9155, B: NH 6195 9156, C: NH 6197 9157) Hut Circles (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)

In Market Park, now a golf course, are three hut circles (A - C) and occasional stone clearance heaps, noted by the RCAHMS (1911) as mounds, near the huts and in Swordale Wood.

Huts 'A' and 'B' lie on a fairway and their profiles have become flattened, leaving an appearance of 'rimmed saucers'. They measure internally 11m NNW-SSE by 9m and 11m NNW-SSE by 10m respectively. The walls are spread to 3m wide and 0.3m high internally. The entrance of 'B' is in SSE and that of 'A', though indistinct, was probably in the same arc.

'C' is severely obscured by whins; its dimensions appear similar to the other two huts.

While a few scattered clearance heaps remain, modern landuse has destroyed any existing field pattern.
Revised at 1:2500. RCAMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (W D J) 10 November 1963 and (J B) 3 October 1980.

The feature is visible in Scottish Gov/SEPA LiDAR data. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6190 9156 (32m by 32m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CREICH

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