MHG11693 - Achvaich Burn

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

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NH79NW 29 7042 9631.
Noted during pre-afforestation survey.
D Ross 1983.

A large hut circle levelled into the slope. It measures 13.0m in diameter between wall centres. The peat covered wall measures up to 2.5m wide and 0.5m high. Two large outer facing stones on SE mark the entrance. There is little trace of contemporary cultivation.
D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983, 13 (see archive MS/578/1)

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--- SHG105 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, D. 1983. 'Achormlaire Hill (Creich and Dornoch p) survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1983, p.15-16. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 15-16. 15-16.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7041 9631 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH79NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/14816 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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