MHG10103 - Hut circles - Cregan Reamhar
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH69SE 12 690 945.
On natural terrace on S-facing slope, is a settlement of four hut circles (A - D) obscured by peat and overgrown with heather and bracken. Hut 'A' is of different character to others; it measures 8.5m diameter within collapsed wall surviving to height of 0.3m and spread to 2m wide. The entrance is in SW arc. Huts B, C and D are similar, being smaller and of slight construction compared to 'A'. They are distinctly oval, measuring 5m E-W by 4m transversely within a reduced rubble wall up to 0.3m high and spread to 1.5m wide. The entrance in each case is in E arc on line of longer axis. Attached to N arc of hut 'D' is what appears to be a contemporary sub-rectangular enclosure measuring internally 7m E-W by 4m transversely within a wall of similar size and condition to that of hut, but with 1 or two upright inner facing stones exposed. The entrance is in E; there is no gap between hut and enclosure.
An overgrown field wall occurs to W of group, but it appears to be later. No evidence of cultivation contemporary with the huts.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 19 September 1980.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6895 9456 (224m by 124m) (6 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH69SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13972 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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