MHG8721 - Waterloo

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Type and Period (1)

HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NH77NE 4 7940 7976 and 7920 7988.

At NH 7940 7976 (A) (Info from OS reviser {O R D}) and NH 7920 7988 (B) are two circular huts, with no trace of contemporary cultivation.
Hut "A" measures 11m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 3m. The entrance is in the E.
Hut "B" is visible as an ill-defined platform, 14m in diameter. The E side has been truncated by a ditch, and no entrance is evident.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (I M T) 20 July 1973.

What may be small cairns are visible to the N and NE of hut-circle 'B'. RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1977.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 20, No. 156.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7930 7982 (223m by 142m) (3 map features)
Map sheet	NH77NE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	TAIN

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Parent of: Waterloo (Monument) (MHG41313)

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External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/14546 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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