MHG1243 - Hut circle, Creag Bhreac Bheag
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
At ND 0055 6607, on flat ground at the edge of a pasture field, is a denuded, turf-covered hut circle, 8.0m in diameter within a wall spread to 2.0m and 0.2m high. A slight lowering in the wall in the S arc may be the entrance, but the hut is disfigured by a tractor track crossing it. There is no evidence of associated cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 November 1981.
This site was visited and photographed during a walkover survey by AOC Archaeology Group in January 2011. <1>
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0054 6607 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND06NW |
| Civil Parish | REAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7855 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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