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MHG59558 - Possible hut circle - Braevall Wood

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A possible hut circle near Braevall Wood.

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A possible hut circle near Braevall Wood. Recorded by the OS as such as lying c.50m to the north of 'B' (see MHG44309) but may also be a small enclosure.

('A' - NH 844 457, 'B' - NH 843 456, 'C' - NH 845 457)
Visible on RAF air photographs RAF/106G/Scot/UK 169: 5383-4 and on OS air photographs OS/67/140: 126-7.

Two circular stone-walled huts at NH 8443 4590 ('A') and NH 8447 4578 ('B'), with contemporary cultivation plots averaging c.20.0m by c. 15.0m in their vicinity, defined by stone clearance heaps and occasional field walls.
Hut 'A' measures c. 18.5m in diameter between the centres of an ill-defined wall obscured by peat. A dip in the wall in the E probably marks the entrance. A drain has cut across the SE arc exposing the wall core of rubble in which the OS (A A) found pieces of iron slag. More iron slag is visible in a similar drain near the brink of a N facing slope c. 40.0m NE of the hut.
Hut 'B' measures c.10.5m in diameter between the centres of a denuded wall spread to c. 2.5m all round. The entrance is not evident. A clearance heap lies against the wall in the SW.
About 50.0m to the N of 'B' is a roughly circular area c. 12.0m in diameter, bounded on the N by a stony bank c. 3.0m wide, and elsewhere by a rickle of stones. An elongated clearance heap occurs outside the E arc. It may be a denuded hut, but is more likely fortuitous. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 April 1971.

GIS spatial data created in 2019 according to the location of the feature on 2009 vertical APs. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 8448 4584 (24m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH84NW
Civil Parish	CAWDOR
Geographical Area	NAIRN

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