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MHG7654 - Hut circle - Allt Nan Carnan

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A hut circle, 8m in diameter, in association with a field boundary wall at Allt Nan Carnan.

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A hut circle, 8m in diameter, in association with a field boundary wall at Allt Nan Carnan.

A circular stone-walled hut levelled into a S-facing slope and measuring 8m between centres of a wall spread to 1.5m The entrance is in E. What appears to be a contemporary field wall runs to W for 12m from NW arc before abruptly turning S down hill to end by a burn. A similar but less well-preserved wall runs to NE from N side of entrance and terminates on a crag 50m distant. Together with the crag and the stream, these walls enclose an area about 90m E-W by 60m N-S, which is featureless except for a few shielings which occupy SE corner. There is no other trace of contemporary cultivation.
Surveyed at 1/10,000. Visited by OS (J M) 30 May 1974.

188627 841079 Allt Nan Carnan 1 PS010: The hut circle was visited by A Welti and P Swan in 2009 as part of research for a dissertation on hut circles in Wester Ross. This was part of a degree course overseen by Aberdeen University. The circular HC sits on a platform dug into a gentle slope with aspect to S. Average interior diameter is 6m, exterior diam 9m, double skinned wall thickness 0.6m, max wall height 0.3m. A possible entrance faces E. Few stones are visible and the structure is submerged in heather, grass and moss. Field walls forming an enclosure run from NW and N of HC, terminating on a crag and a stream respectively. There is a new forestry plantation nearby Two sheilings lie close to hut circle, as follows:
1. NG88688 41054 elevation 192m. Dimensions 3.35mX1.65m, wall thickness 0.6m. Door midway on S wall. Twinning pen 1m x 1.5m in NW corner. Possible turf walled structure continues wall lines to W.
2. NG 88701 41057 elevation 183m Long walls orientated E/W. Low turf covered wall footings. Length 3m width 2m. Semicircular feature adjoins E wall, radius 1.2m.
The HC is associated with PS007 (500m distant - see MHG57756), PS008 (500m - see MHG7655), PS009 (750m - see MHG7653). A coffin /drove road runs E/W around 100 m downslope from the HC. <1> <2>

[Note: a database was set up as part of research for the dissertation and was subsequently expanded as an extension of the We Digs Project (see website link below). The full access database can be made available to enquirers/researchers if requested - contact HER for details].

GIS spatial data to location as shown on 2009 APs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 88619 41091 (11m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG84SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	LOCHCARRON

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