MHG11513 - Hut circle - Ferry Wood

Summary

Destroyed hut circle at Ferry Wood

Type and Period (1)

HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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None recorded

Full Description

NC50NE 43 5719 0674.
On a slight hillock about 30 yards S of site of broch (NC50NE 42) in plantation to N of the Ord, is a circular enclosure overgrown with heather. The interior diameter appears to be about 25ft.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

NC 5719 0674. No trace of a hut circle was noted in vicinity of the broch, nor on a slight hillock which was located to the south of it. Forestry activity may have destroyed the hut since the RCAHMS visit in 1909. Visited by OS (W D J) 25 June 1963.

No change. Visited by OS (N K B) 13 August 1976.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 142, No. 409.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5718 0673 (16m by 16m)
Map sheet	NC50NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	LAIRG

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5014 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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