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MHG10663 - Hut circle - Achamore ('A')

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A hut circle at Achamore, originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'A'. For hut circles 'B' and 'C' see MHG63587 and MHG63588.

At NC 740 574, on separate natural shelves in an undulating east facing slope, is a settlement of 3 hut circles (A-C).
'A' is 10.0m north west-south east by 8.5m within a wall faced inside and out with large stones 1.1m thick. No entrance is visible, but it was probably in the south east on the line of the longer axis. The footings of a shieling occur in the hut interior.
'B' is 8.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 2.0m wide. The entrance of simple form is in the east arc. A bipartite shieling is inserted into the north east side of the hut.
'C' is 9.0m in diameter within a wall about 0.14m thick. The entrance of simple form is in the south east.
A few scattered clearance heaps occur in the vicinity of the huts, but no cultivation plots are discernible. To the north and north west of the settlement is a sinuous wall of large unhewn stones, which is more likely to be contemporary with the huts rather than the later shielings. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 31 August 1977.

The site is visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 2020 <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7401 5734 (25m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC75NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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