MHG11584 - Ceannabhaid

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Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NC82NW 31 8332 2608.

There are two peat-covered hut-circles on the S side of the track to Altanduin and to the NE of Ceannabhaid township (NC82NW 14).

A. NC 8334 2609 This hut-circle measures 10.1m from ESE to WNW by 9.1m transversely within a bank 2.6m in thickness and 0.3m in height. The entrance is on the ESE, and probing suggested a high stone content to the bank.
(KILD91 271)

B. NC 8332 2608 This hut-circle measures 7.5m in diameter within a bank 2.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height. The entrance is on the SSW, and probing suggested a high stone content to the bank.
(KILD91 272)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 May 1991.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8332 2608 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC82NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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