MHG7253 - Hut circle, Loch of Boath Wood

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HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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NH84NE 17 8858 4530.
Probable hut-circle.
Visible on RAF air photographs 106G/Scot/UK/169: 3357-8; 26 August 1946.

Vestiges of a circular stone-walled hut, c.12.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall of indeterminate width, in dense afforestation. The ill-defined entrance is in SE arc. There is no visible trace of contemporary cultivation.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 5 April 1971.

This hut-circle has been obscured by a forestry plantation.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 11, No. 51.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 8858 4530 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH84NE
Civil Parish	CAWDOR
Geographical Area	NAIRN

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/15004 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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