MHG39821 - Field System, Dun Burn

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Type and Period (1)

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Undated)

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Full Description

Set into a SW-facing slope, is a hut circle, oval in shape, measuring 8.5m by 7.5m transversely within a heather-covered wall, 0.5m high, generally spread to 2.5m, but broadening to 4.0m at the entrance, in the SE. There are some traces of lynchets and several stone clearance heaps to the S indicating associated cultivation, but no field plots are discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 15 November 1982.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 0974 2552 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND02NE
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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