MHG10513 - Torbreck Burn

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Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NC70NW 62 7090 0630

Centred on NC 709 062, on a SW-facing hillside, is a number of stony mounds typical of hut circle-associated field clearance. There are huts known in the neighbourhood.
Visited by OS (J M) 19 May 1981.

There is a scatter of small cairns, which measure up to 4m in diameter and 0.4m in height, situated within relatively recently improved and fenced ground on a SW-facing hillside to the NE of the Torbreck Burn. Larger spreads of vegetation-free stones visible in the area may have been formed during the recent improvements.
(ROG95 928)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 14 May 1995

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7087 0629 (269m by 209m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC70NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ROGART

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