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MHG63772 - Hut circle - Cul Beag 'E'

Summary

Remains of a hut circle at Cul Beag.

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On S facing slope is a settlement of 12 hut circles ('A'-'M') and a contemporary field system.
All the huts are circular except 'C', 'G' and 'M' which are oval. Walls are generally spread between 2.5m and 3.5m.
'A', 'B', 'D' and 'E' are visible as circular platforms measuring 11m in diameter with a few stones protruding around the perimeters.
'C' is an ill-defined oval platform measuring 15m E-W by 13m.
'F' is well-defined by a wall of bare stones, though no definite facing stones are evident, and measures 11.5m in diameter between wall centres. The entrance is in the ESE.
'G' is well-defined measuring 11m NNW-SSE by 9m between wall centres. The entrance is in SSE.
'J' is well-preserved and measures 13m between wall centres. The entrance is in E.
'K' is an ill-defined platform, 11.5m in diameter with a few stones visible around the perimeter.
'L' is a platform, 12.5m in diameter with occasional
outer facing stones visible. The ill-defined entrance is in SE.
'M' heavily mutilated, measures 13m NW-SE by 11.5m
between wall centres. The mutilated entrance is in SE.
The field system is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets, and one or two ruinous walls.
Huts surveyed at 1/10,000. Field system delineated on 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 12 April 1973

Hut circle 'M' is not hut circle but enclosure of probably later date.
Visited by RCAMS (JRS) March 1989.

NOSAS members carried out a walkover survey at Cul Beag in Aug 2015.

Hut Circle E – GR centred on NH 45816 50141: heathery platform, 10m in diameter, on a small knoll. <1>

A walkover survey was carried out by West Coast Archaeological Services in 2021 on behalf of Treeline Forestry Limited and Fairburn Estate in advance of proposed woodland creation schemes.

Site 60a: Located on a prominent terrace to the SE of the hut circles comprising Site 59, the form of the circular bank of this hut circle has been revealed more through recent muir burn. Overall, the structure measures 11m in diameter over banks spread between 2.2>3.2m wide (widest on the downslope side). The hut circle is located on the top of a slight rise in the ground which gives it more prominence in the landscape. Some stone shows in the bank, but there is no visible entrance (Site E). <2>

Location based on SEPA LiDAR data. <3>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NH 4581 5015 (26m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH45SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	URRAY

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