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MHG63546 - Hut circle - Strath Sgitheach

Summary

Hut circle SS8 at Strath Sgitheach.

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A number 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 (SS8). This hut circle appears as a sunken depression covered in heather and coarse
grass. It has an internal diameter of c6m and the surrounding banks on the south and west sides are up to 0.3m height x 1.5m spread. There is evidence of a possible entrance in the south arc. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2018 aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5241 6323 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH56SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	DINGWALL

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