MHG2506 - Hut Circle, Sandside Bay
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
On the E side of Sandside Bay there is a hut circle measuring about 16m in diameter and its bank 0.3m high. No entrance is visible.
Approx 10m to S of the hut circle, and in the cliff face 1m below ground surface, traces of a dry-stone wall, 1m thick, can be seen.
Surveyed at 1:2500
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 November 1964; Hut circle visible on RAF air photographs 540/506 pt.2: 4056-7 (flown 19 April 1951)
(NC 9683 6579) Hut Circle (NR) OS 6"map, (1967)
Hut Circle R J Mercer 1981.
The hut circle measures 15.5m E-W by 14.5m within a low bank spread 1.5-2m and 0.3m high. The simple entrance may be in the W side. To the S, and extending for some 13m is what appears to be paving and walling overlaid by debris up to ground surface, in the area described by the previous investigator.
Surveyed at 1:10560. Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 17 August 1981.
NC 967 658. Structural stone, interleaved with fragments of clay floors, is contained in about 20m of actively-eroding cliff-edge. Small burnt areas with fragments of slag can be seen in section. (photographs with author)
R B Gourlay 1981.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1464 Text/Publication/Article: Gourlay, R B. 1981. 'Sandside Bay (Reay p) structures', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1981, p.17. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 17. 17.
- --- SHG2511 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R J. 1981. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: volume II, 1980-81. University of Edinburgh. 30/12/1981. Paper and Digital. 135, No. 287; map 7, plan fig. 21.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9682 6579 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC96NE |
| Civil Parish | REAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Finds (1)
- SLAG (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7262 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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