MHG3582 - Creag Liath

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

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NH63SE 34 651 327.

'A' NH 6510 3278. Situated on top of a low ridge is a stone-walled hut circle. It measures internally 7.0m E-W by 6.0m within a double-faced wall of mainly upright slabs. The wall width varies from 1.0m to 1.8m.
A large fallen door slab lies on the S side of the entrance.
'B' NH 6510 3270. Lying in a hollow are the denuded remains of a probable hut circle. Walling is visible on the NE and W quandrants giving on over all diameter of 14.5m and there is no apparent entrance. A small number of small clearance cairns lie nearby.
'C' NH 6508 3264. This hut circle lies on a low ridge and measures internally 9.5m in diamter within walling obscured by peat and heather. The entrance is on the E.
Visited by D W Ross, November 1983.

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--- SHG1334 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, D W. 1984. Creag A' Chlachan (Dores, Daviot and Dunlichity p) pre-afforestation survey, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1984, p.15. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 15. 15.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6508 3271 (55m by 165m) (4 map features)
Map sheet	NH63SE
Civil Parish	DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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