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MHG63708 - Hut circle - Cnoc na Mòine Duibhe (Achinduich) 'B'

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A hut circle at Cnoc na Mòine Duibhe (Achinduich).

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A hut circle at Cnoc Na Mòine Duibhe (Achinduich). Recorded by the OS as hut circle 'B'.

At NH 5867 9910 ('A') and NH 5867 9926 ('B') are two stone-walled huts, and an associated field system.
Hut 'A' is set into a steep SW slope and is circular within a stone wall spread to about 3.0m at the rear and 5.5m at the clubbed entrance in the SW. It measures 14.0m NE-SW by 13.0m between wall centres.
Hut 'B' occurs on level ground, and is circular with a wall spread to about 1.8m all round. It measures about 7.5m in diameter between wall centres. There is an ill-defined entrance in the SE.
The field system centred at NH 584 993 is defined by stone clearance heaps, with lynchets and occasional field walls forming cultivation plots of about 30.0m by 20.0m average sizes.
20 metres SE and 95m NNW and 100m NW of 'A' and 40m SW and 70m SSE of 'B', are five platforms, two of which are probably natural, and three probably due to cultivation, although somewhat resembling huts.
Huts 'A' and 'B' surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (A A) 20 September 1973.

No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 27 October 1976.

Full name: Cnoc Na Mòine Duibhe.

No change to previous report, except that hut-circle 'B' was not found. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) October 1989.

The hut circle is visible as a circular feature in vertical aerial photographs taken in 2016. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5871 9925 (24m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH59NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CREICH

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