MHG10525 - Creag Leac Nam Fitheach
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
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Full Description
At NC 7343 0770, in shelving ground on SW side of Creag Leac nam Fitheach, is a heather-covered hut circle, set into the slope, and measuring 10 by 9.5m within a wall spread to 2.0m and up to 0.4m high; the entrance is in the SSE, the line of the main axis. The E side of the entrance extends outwards to form a flanking wall or bank 3.5m long. There are a number of associated stone clearance heaps in the vicinity. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 April 1981.
This heather-covered hut-circle is levelled into the back of a terrace on the SW flank of Creag Leac nam Fitheach. The hut-circle (ROG95 22) measures 10.8m from NNW to SSE by 9.6m transversely within a stony bank spread to 2m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The terminal of the bank on the E side of the entrance, which is on the SSE, has been thickened. At least twenty small cairns (ROG95 894), measuring up to 4m in diameter and 0.4m in height, lie along the ridge to the WNW of the hut-circle.
(ROG95 22, 894)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 8 March 1995
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7342 0770 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC70NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | ROGART |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5891 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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