MHG12640 - Dun Creagach

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Type and Period (3)

HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
RIG AND FURROW (Undated)
CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)

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Full Description

Enclosure (NR) OS 6" map, (1964)

The mutilated remains of a stone-walled hut circle measuring 15m E-W by 14m within a wall 0.7m high and spread to 2.5m. A 6m length of the hut's wall has been destroyed in the ENE. The entrance,in the E,is defined by three slabs on edge; clared stones abut the wall on the outer side of the entrance. One clearance heap was noted, elsewhere the ground is occupied by run-rig.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (W D J) 11 May 1961 and (J B) 21 March 1977.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- 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. . 65, No. 198.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6047 3532 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC63NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5599 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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