MHG63678 - Hut circle - Allt Na Sean-Airigh 'B'

Summary

Ruined hut circle at Allt Na Sean-Airigh.

Type and Period (1)

HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

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None recorded

Full Description

NH69NE 23 663 956.

Hut circles, 13.5m by 11.5m: noted during pre-afforestation survey.
D Ross 1983.

Hut A at NH 6663 9563, lies on a dry shelf and measures overall 12.5m by 11.5m. Close to the entrance on the SE, the walling is 2.0m wide and 0.9m high. The interior and E segment of the wall have been mutilated and robbed.
Hut B at NH 6661 9561 is represented by two short lengths of curvilinear wall flanking a depression representing the entrance. Some outer facing stones and wall core give a width of 2.1m and 0.3m high. Peat coveres the remainder of the area but the hut circle probably had a diameter of about 11.0m.
Information from D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983, 6 (see archive, MS/578/1)

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 2/12/24)

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG105 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, D. 1983. 'Achormlaire Hill (Creich and Dornoch p) survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1983, p.15-16. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 15-16. 15. XY

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6661 9562 (22m by 22m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CREICH

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Related Investigations/Events (1)

Walkover Survey - Achormlarie Hill, Dornoch (EHG4684)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/13933 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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