MHG65979 - Hut circle - Allt Beinn Ratha ('B')
Summary
A hut circle near the Allt Beinn Ratha.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A hut circle near the Allt Beinn Ratha. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'B'. See MHG1618 for hut circle 'A'.
At NC 9550 6320 and NC 9551 6313, on a moorland rise, are two hut circles (A and B respectively). A number of stony heaps in the vicinity of the huts, and on slope round to N, denote associated field clearance.
'A', turf and bracken-covered, measures 8 by 7m within a wall spread on average to 2.5m by 0.4m high; the entrance is in the S on the line of the main axis. Large stones are noted in the hut build. Springing from the interior of the N arc of the hut is an arc of rubble forming a compartment approximately 3m in diameter. The relationship between the hut and the compartment is uncertain.
'B', set back in the slope and heather-covered, measures about 7.5m in diameter internally; the entrance has been in the now generally much reduced SW sector. The wall where best preserved is a stony spread of 2.5m by 0.3m high.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J M) 5 August 1981
The hut circle was visited by C Dagg during a walkover survey on the Sandside Estate in 1998. <1>
The hut circle is just about visible in vertical aerial photography. <2> <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG2038 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C.. 1998. Archaeological Survey of a Proposed WGS plantation at Sandside Estate, Caithness. Catherine Dagg. Paper and Digital. Site 20.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
- <3> SHG29454 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2022. Getmapping aerial photography 2022. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9551 6313 (19m by 19m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC96SE |
| Civil Parish | REAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/7365 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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