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MHG62942 - Possible hut circle - Cnoc an t-Sionnach

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Possible hut circle at Cnoc an t-Sionnach.

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The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. S.W. of Cnoc an t-Sionnach
There is a hut circle of 6yds diameter with its entrance towards the south. Near the north side of this very uneven moorland area, which is covered with tree stumps, there is a 4yd dia. low cairn or mound situated near the public road. A short distance to the S.W. of the cairn there are traces of a flat-bottomed ditch which can be traced running in a southerly direction for about 40yds. On the other and east side of the road there is an 18yd length of turf and boulder walling running N.E. to S.W. at the edge of a swamp. A considerable distance away from the road, and up the hill towards the west, an 8ft wide flatbottomed ditch can be traced running northwards through the heath, from the fire break at the edge of the forestry to the cultivated grass area. Its length is about 300yds. It has slight bends throughout, as has a more or less parallel smaller ditch roughly 10yds to the west. The length of this from the grass area to where it is grafted onto the major ditch is about 240yds. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 19/07/23)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5469 3939 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH53NW
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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