MHG10101 - Hut circle etc, Achaidh
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A circular stone-walled hut, with a few stone clearance heaps around it from contemporary cultivation plots.
The hut measures c12m diameter between centres of a rubble wall 1.9m thick at the rear, where both inner and outer faces are visible, and spread to c3.5m at clubbed entrance in SE. The entrance is partly destroyed but a boulder on edge still flanks SW side. Outer and inner facing stones are visible intermittently, but insufficient to give true overall or internal measurments.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 23 October 1969
No change Visited by OS (J B) 5 June 1975.
1st ed OS marks clearance cairns - HAW 2/2003
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6725 9162 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH69SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CREICH |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13970 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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