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MHG59980 - Hut circle - Tom Na Moine

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A hut circle at Tom Na Moine.

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A hut circle at Tom Na Moine. One of three recorded by RCAHMS in 2006. This hut circle is the southernmost of the three. See MHG49829 and MHG59979 for the other two.

A group of three hut-circles and a possible ring-ditch house are situated on a broad terrace in moorland 270m NW of Dorback Lodge. The hut-circles lie at the SW end of a large area of clearance cairns, measuring up to 5m in diameter, which extends upslope to the NE, and is bounded by boggy ground to the NW and woodland to the SE. The terrace is heather-grown with occasional patches of grass, and the entire area is littered with tree-throws. The third hut-circle (NJ 07548 17035) lies 16m SW of the last and measures at least 9.2m in diameter within a wall reduced to a bank that measures up to 3.1m in thickness and 0.4m in height. However, on the NE the inner edge is poorly defined as is the outer edge on the NW. The entrance is on the SW. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, TP) 10 August 2006. <1>

The site is just about visible on 2010 vertical APs. <2>

GIS spatial data amended in 2019 according to location as seen on 2010 APs.

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Grid reference	Centred NJ 0754 1703 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NJ01NE
Civil Parish	ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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