MHG11626 - Possible hut circle - Cnoc Na Moine
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
On the top of a promontory is a hut 4.5m by 3m and traces of two others, circular about 2m in diameter.
T C Welsh 1972j.
The first feature is possibly a crude footing, but may have been created by surface quarrying. The two latter features appear to be holes dug in the modern field clearance dumped on the dun which occupies the promontory (NC36NE 10).
Visited by OS (JB) 28 April 1980.
There is a small, scooped feature on the promontory west of the ditch which measures 3.5 m by 2.5 m and possibly has stone revetted sides. On the west of the promontory, just west of the bank and ditch, the ground drops to a lower level and on this surface is the possible remains of a bank defining a scooped feature. This may mark the spot of NMRS number NC 36 NE 70 but as only a six figure grid reference is supplied there this is difficult to check. There has been quite a lot of damage to this site in the past caused by field clearance and quarrying. Perhaps of more immediate concern is the evidence of rabbit-burrowing in and around the mound. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
See MHG9483 for dun.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG972 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1972. 'Keoldale, huts', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1972, p.43. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43. 43.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . Site 50.
- <2> SHG29455 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2023. Getmapping aerial photography 2023. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3842 6541 (39m by 32m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/71531 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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