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MHG57198 - Hut circle - Creag Liath B (Kilmuir 3)

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Centred at NG 3874 6477 is a settlement of three circular stone-walled huts (A-C). 'A' measures 9.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 4.5m in the W arc and about 3.0m elsewhere. The simple entrance is in the S arc. B and C are identical and measure 8.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 4.5m in the W arc and 3.0m elsewhere. Each has a simple entrance in the S arc. The huts are on fairly level ground and there is no obvious reason for the expansion of the walls in the W arc, unless it is a protection from the prevailing wind. In the vicinity of the huts are one or two peat-covered stone clearance heaps and traces of lynchets and an occasional stone wall, probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 16 September 1971.

138739 864762 : Kilmuir 3 (EB232) The hut circle was visited by A Welti and E Blackburn in 2010 as part of research for a dissertation on hut circles in Wester Ross. This was part of a degree course overseen by Aberdeen University. This circular structure s part of a small settlement of 3 HCs with field systems around them, and on a gentle slope beside the modern road. The hut circles are heather covered with distinct entrances. Vestiges of a possible enclosure bank are visible to the north of the cluster (see sketch). Average inner diameter is 5.4m, external diameter 11.8m, measurements approx only as there is much spread. Double skinned wall is 1.4m thick with max height 0.3m. The entrance orientation is south, width both internally amd externally is 1.4m, and the passage length is 2.7m, indicating extended terminals. This HC may be associated with EB230 (see MHG57199) at 14m distance and EB231 (see MHG5769), 2m away. <1> <2> [Note: a database was set up as part of research for the dissertation and was subsequently expanded as an extension of the We Digs Project (see website link below). The full access database can be made available to enquirers/researchers if requested - contact HER for details]

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3872 6476 (12m by 12m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG36SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	KILMUIR

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