MHG12491 - Auchenrach
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
Full Description
NC64SE 40 6979 4292.
(NC 6979 4292) Unannotated pecked circle.
OS 6"map, (1961)
This feature which is a hut circle lies within the small depopulated settlement of Auchenrach. It is situated on a small rise and survives as a turf covered platform ringed by the vestiges of a wall. It measures 12m diameter within the wall, which only survives to any extent in the north where inner and outer facing stones are visible indicating a wall width of 2-2.2m and a height of 0.6m. Elsewhere the wall is robbed presumably for the adjacent early-modern structures. No entrance to the hut was seen. There are no signs of contemporary cultivation; any trace is likely to have been obliterated by the more recent agriculture.
Revised at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 7 August 1978.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6978 4292 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC64SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM5565 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5713 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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