MHG53074 - Possible Hut Circle - Loch Borralie West
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Ring of 8 intermittent boulders. 6 m internal diameter, boulders close enough together to suggest clear wall but only inner face visible. Possible deep, horned entrance on S. Disturbed by planting on E arc - no stones visible there.
On level ground under thin turf cover, at S edge of forestry plantation
Possible hut circle.
Recommendations: None. <1><2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG24622 Dataset/Database File: Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). 2003. Site gazetteer: Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness. Site 61.
- <2> SHG24621 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lelong, O and MacGregor, G. 2003. Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness: Project 950. Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). Digital. Site 61.
Map
Location
Grid reference | NC 3777 6734 (point) Approximate |
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Map sheet | NC36NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
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