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MHG62694 - Hut circle - Strath Sgitheach

Summary

Hut circle SS2 at Strath Sgitheach.

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A number of settlement features are visible across this area on an aerial photograph taken by Jim Bone in 2010. <1>

The Strath Sgitheach area was surveyed by Meryl Marshall in 2020. A group of 12 round houses are northeast of the main track which heads north from the bridge/stepping stones in the upper part of Strath Sgitheach. The round houses are at an altitude of c250m in heathery ground on both sides of a small burn which runs from west to east down a SE facing slope. Six are on the south side of the burn and six on the north. Just four hut circles have been previously recorded at this location although more are seen on snowy aerial photographs taken by Jim Bone in February 2010 (see JSB collection).

Hut Circle (SS2) – an oval hut circle on a NW-SE alignment is a few metres to the north of the burn and measures 12m x 10m internally. It is completely covered with heather but has a small marsh at its centre; an obvious boulder may have been disturbed in an attempt to drain this. The surrounding banks are up to 0.4m height and there is no evidence of an entrance. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2018 aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5257 6332 (19m by 23m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH56SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	DINGWALL

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