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MHG63661 - Hut circle - Morvich Farm 'D'

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A hut circle at Morvich Farm.

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NC70SE 11 759 011.

('C' - NC 7593 0109 'D' - NC 7592 0101) Hut Circles (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)

NC 759 011 A settlement of four huts ('A'-'D'), within a contemporary field system well marked by stone clearance heaps. There are also vestiges of field walls, which seem of a similar date but may be in association with depopulated settlement lying just to the SW (OS {RDL}). Hut dimensions are between centres of walls, overgrown except for 'B', the best preserved, which has a conspicuous wall of bare stone. Discovered during field investigation, 'A' is 12.0m WSW-ENE by 11.0m. The probable entrance is in WSW.
Found during recent field investigation, 'B' is 10.5m in diameter. The entrance is not evident.
'C' is 12.0m in diameter. The entrance is in the SE.
'D' is 9.5m in diameter. The entrance is in the S.
Resurveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (R D L) 15 April 1964 and (J M) 15 July 1975.

A DBA and walkover survey was carried out by Wordsworth Archaeological Services in 1997 advance of a proposed woodland grant scheme at Morvich, Sutherland.

Site 1/2; 'D' - Roundhouse as previously described, 9.5m in diameter. Two hut circles are shown on the 1:2,500 map supplied but only one could be recognised on the ground and only one is recorded here in the SMR. Various level terraces nearby may mark the site of former fields or platforms for other structures. No clearance cairns are visible in the immediate locality (see Site 1/6 below). 20m to the southwest is a short stretch of field wall defined as a line of boulders. (Another unrecorded structure lies just outside the boundary and to the east of the burn measuring 6m by 3m). <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7592 0101 (31m by 31m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC70SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	GOLSPIE

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