MHG3356 - Easter Cudrish Hut Circle

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Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NH53SW 8 5030 3493.

At NH 5030 3493 near the foot of a W-facing slope is a denuded oval stone-walled hut. It is visible as a platform brought to level by a turf-covered wall spread to c. 2.0m, measuring c. 9.0m N-S by c. 8.0m transversely between its centres. The entrance is not evident. There is no trace of contemporary cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 7 December 1971

This structure is as previously described.
J Wordsworth 15 December 1995; NMRS MS 961/9, no.11

A walkover survey in August 2008 failed to identify this site due to thick vegetation cover. It is recommended that this feature is located and marked out to avoid damage during the proposed power line construction, and that a watching brief is maintained. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference NH 5033 3495 (point)
Map sheet NH53SW
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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