MHG3619 - Stac Dearg
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Type and Period (4)
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
- LYNCHET (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
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Full Description
NH63SW 29 6472 3254.
At NH 6472 3254 on a level area in a SW-facing slope is an oval stone-walled hut. It measures 13.7m N-S by 11.0m transversely overall, with a wall spread to c. 2.5m all round. A number of outer facing stones are visible, but there is no trace of the inner face. The 'simple' entrance, c. 0.8m wide, is in the S arc.
In the vicinity are stone clearance heaps and lynchets forming cultivation plots, one of which near the hut measures 25.0m by 15.0m. Hut surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 27 Feburary 1970.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6471 3264 (215m by 312m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63SW |
| Civil Parish | DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13261 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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