MHG12051 - Ach A Chorrain

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Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NC36SE 16 3768 6306.

At NC 3768 6306, on a sheltered shelf in a W-facing hillside, is a hut circle. It measures 10.0m by 9.0m internally and has an entrance in the S, the line of the long axis; the wall, partially turf-covered and up to 0.5m high, is best preserved in the S half where boulder slab facings indicate a width of about 2.0m. There are no signs of associated cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 November 1978.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 3768 6306 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC36SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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