MHG12532 - Hut circles, Creag Dhubh
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
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Documents (1)
Full Description
At 674 384 on a SE-facing slope is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C). Hut 'A' is the most substantial measuring 11.5m NW-SE by 10.5m within a low turf-covered wall spread to 2m wide. The entrance is in SE arc. Huts 'B' and 'C' are similar,surviving as level platforms set against the slope. They are approximately 6.5m internal diameter within wasted walls of indeterminate width, though in 'C' two or three inner facing slabs are exposed. The entrance to 'C' appears to have been in the ENE arc. but its position in hut 'B' is uncertain.
The only evidence of associated cultivation is some heaps and rickles of stone cleared off the flat ground at the base of the slope; no cultivation plots can be identified.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (N K B) 13 May 1977.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG15315 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15316 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15317 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15318 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15319 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15320 Image/Photograph(s): Creag Dhubh. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6740 3844 (65m by 136m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC63NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5556 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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