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MHG11122 - Hut circle - Cnoc Bad A Chrasgaidh ('A')

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A hut circle at Cnoc Bad A Chrasgaidh.

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NC70SE 38 753 025.

NC 753 025. Flanked by a later deserted settlement down-slope to SE, is a settlement of four hut circles ('A'-'D'). Contemporary cultivation is indicated by one or two stone clearance heaps in the vicinity. Except where stated hut dimensions are between wall centres. 'A' is 10.0m in diameter. No entrance is evident. A pile of bare stone about 2.0m diameter just inside the W quarter is of uncertain purpose. 'B', much depleted, is 13.0m in diameter. No entrance is evident.
'C' is 13.0m NW-SE by 12.5m with an entrance in the SE.
'D', the best preserved, is 10.5m in diameter within a wall 1.4m thick composed of an inner face of contiguous slabs on edge backed by rubble. An entrance is in the SE.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 31 July 1975.

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7531 0257 (39m by 38m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC70SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	GOLSPIE

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