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MHG2449 - Hut circle etc, Bouilag

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ND03SE 17 093 332.
In a fairly level area on a N-facing hillslope in open moorland, is a settlement of six hut circles (A - F).
Hut 'A' is heather-covered and obscured by peat growth; it measures 11m E-W by 10m transversely within a wall spread from 2-2.5m and 0.3m high. The entrance, of simple form, is in the E.
'B', the best preserved, is 9m E-W by 8.5m transversely within a turf-covered wall, 0.7m high and spread to 3.5m, broadening to 4.0m
at either side of the splayed entrance in the E. An upright slab, 1m high, 0.7m long and 0.2m thick, is positioned radially close to the inner side of the hut wall in the SW arc. Stones are exposed in the wall and in interior of circle, but no facing slabs can be identified.
'C' measuring 10.5m E-W by 8m transversely within an obscured, heather-covered wall spread to some 2.5m and 0.3m high. There is a poorly-defined entrance in the E.
'D' is heather-covered and measures 10m ENE-WSW by 8.5m transversely within a wall spread to 2.5m and 0.4m high. Outside the entrance in ENE is a scarped platform.
'E' is very obscured by peat and heather and survives as a platform measuring overall 15m NE-SW by 12m transversely; the silted entrance is in the NE. Cutting into the wall of the hut circle in the S is a depression, 6m long, 3.5m wide and 0.9m deep where it cuts the wall. Several stones are exposed, including a large slab in the side of the depression, but none are in situ and they have possibly been pulled from the hut. This cutting appears to post-date the hut, but its purpose is uncertain.
'F' is 8.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 2m and 0.3m high. Outside the simple entrance in the NE is a low, stony platform.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 29 October 1982.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 0927 3320 (239m by 138m) (8 map features)
Map sheet	ND03SE
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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