MHG32304 - Hut Circle, Camore Woods
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Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
On natural knoll, not visible in bracken - HAW 8/2003
PD: Recent extension of gravel pit has freshly cut away more of the walls. Photo of JCB cut section showing wall largely built of turf interlaced with quite large water worn stones. Some 5 yds W of its W facing portal D shaped mopund of stones prev excavated down centre. Prob a clearance cairn.
Dornoch Heritage Society Site M 18: Plan: c9.5m N-S with wall spread to c4m. Entrance in W is mutilated. E arc of hut destroyed by quarry.
Hut circle & cairn marked on 1st ed OS
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7704 8937 (50m by 50m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH78NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
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