MHG12520 - Hut circle, Allt A'Bhealaich
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
Full Description
GR corrected to the most southerly of 3 hut circles, other 2 recorded separately - HAW 3/2004
NC63NE 15 686 357.
('A' : NC 6865 3575 and 'B': NC 6866 3576) Enclosures (NR) ('C' : NC 6864 3570) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6"map, (1963)
A settlement of three hut-circles A, B and C, the first two lying within an old irregularly-shaped enclosure about 1/2 acre in extent, consisting of a turf and stone bank with a possible entrance in the west.
'A' is 10m diameter within a turf-covered stone wall 1.2 - 1.3m thick and 0.6m high. The entrance, 0.9m wide, is in the south and its rounded exterior angles have been carefully faced with large stones.
'B' is 7 by 6m inside turf-covered wall 0.3m high and spread 1.5m broad with an entrance in the SE on the longer axis.
'C' is the mere outline of a hut, consisting of a turf bank 9m in diameter and 0.1m high with an entrance in the south.
The stone foundation of an oval-shaped structure, 8m by 7m and 0.3m high, lies within the enclosure, immediately north of the possible entrance on the west; and a possible kiln - a stony mound 2m in diameter and 0.3m high with a cavity in the centre - lies in the SE angle of the enclosure.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (E G C) 8 May 1961.
The general area has been deep-ploughed and tree-planted. Huts A and B are in clearings and are as described in previous field report; but the other features are mutilated by the afforestation. The alleged kiln is a probable disturbed stone clearance heap.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 17 March 1977.
FE Management Plan received, see assoc. docs. File.
J Aitken : 02/04/01.
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SHG15296 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15297 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15298 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15299 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15300 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15301 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15302 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15303 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15304 Image/Photograph(s): Allt A'Bhealaich. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 67, No. 205.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6866 3573 (136m by 154m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC63NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM2518 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5544 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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