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MHG63627 - Shieling huts amd enclosure - Loch Buidhe

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A small drystone-walled circular hut and oval enclosure at Loch Buidhe.

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DBAs and walkover surveys were carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd in November 2002 and April 2003 in advance of a proposed wind farm development at Cambusmore Estate, near Bonar Bridge, Sutherland.

Site 25: Set on a low, grassy knoll in an area of semi-improved ground are the well preserved remains of a small drystone-walled circular hut c.3m in diameter with a 0.7m wide entrance opening in the SSE aspect. The walls of this structure are particularly well preserved and upstanding to 0.7m. A small stone setting, roughly 1m wide, against the inside of the wall in the SW may be an integral feature. Attached to the hut and on the SE side is an elongated oval enclosure 10m NW-SE by 7m SW-NE, defined by low turf and stone banks up to 1m wide and 0.3m high with no entrance gap discernible in the perimeter.

Site 26: 30m southwest of monument 25 (MHG63627) is a small structure comprising turf and stone banks arranged in a figure '6' layout. The structure is of 2 compartments, one being a oval shaped turf and stone bank 2.5m N-S by 2m E-W with no discernible entrance attached to the west side of which is a second compartment, formed by an l'-shaped wall, open to the north. The walls are approximately 1m wide and up to 0.3m high.

Site 27: The remains of a small shieling hut, 3m E-W by 2m N-S, lie 25m south of monument 25. The hut is defined by an oval turf and stone bank 1-1.5m wide and preserved up to 0.3m high. The banks are severely eroded but an entrance is clearly visible in the western end. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6625 9877 (55m by 56m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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