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MHG3394 - Druim A Chala

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NH62NE 2 665 278.

Centred at NH 665 278 at the base of a W-facing hill-side, is a settlement of three stone-walled huts (A-C).
Hut 'A' illustrated by Loader (Visited by OS (R D Loader) 11 September 1963) and described by him as an enclosure, measures 10.5m overall diameter, with a mutilated wall spread to c 2.0m all round. The outer face of boulders is traceable around most of the periphery, though many have tumbled outwards. Neither inner face nor entrance can be seen.
'B' measures c 10.0m in diameter between the centres of a denuded wall, best preserved in the W arc where it is spread to c 2.5m, but elsewhere it is barely visible. No entrance or facing stones are evident.
'C', on a rise, measures c 8.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c 2.0m on all sides except the W, where it is scarcely visible. The entrance is not apparent.
No associated cultivation can be seen in the vicinity.
Hut 'A' surveyed at 1/2500 (Visited by OS (R D L) 11 September 1963). Visited by OS (N K B) 25 March 1970.

Published 1/2500 Survey of Hut 'A' revised.
Huts 'B' and 'C' surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 30 November 1971.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6658 2783 (63m by 139m) (4 map features)
Map sheet	NH62NE
Civil Parish	DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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