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MHG2766 - Hut circle - Buntait

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A hut circle at Buntait.

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A hut circle at Buntait. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'A'.

Centred at NH 397 311 and separated from NH 33 SE 1 by an area of marshy ground are three stone-walled huts (A-C) and a contemporary field system. The huts measure from 12.0m to 13.0m in diameter between wall centres each with a simple entrance, about 1.5m wide, in the SE arc. The wall of each is spread to about 3.0m increasing to about 5.0m at the W side of the entrance. Within hut B just inside the entrance and lying against the wall, are two clearance heaps.

50.0m WNW of 'B' is a sub-circular level area, about 10.0m NE-SW by 8.0m which is bounded on the SW by a stony built up, and in the NE by three clearance heaps. Not a hut.

The field system comprises lynchets and stone clearance heaps forming cultivation plots, measuring about 40.0m by 20.0m average size. Two later, rectangular buildings occur on the SW side of the field system.
Huts surveyed at 1/2500.
Field system delineated on 6" sheet
Visited by OS (I S S) 20 March 1973

Hut 'a' NH 3970 3114. Hut 'b' NH 3967 3107. Hut 'c' NH 3964 3105
RCHAMS: 11.8.1986

The site is very clear on vertical aerial photography taken in 2013. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 3970 3114 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH33SE
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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