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MHG9394 - Ach'Na H-Uai

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NC83SW 3 8319 3220.

('A': NC 83193220 Enclosures (NR). 'B': NC 83223215) ('C': NC 83203215) Hut Circle (NR).
OS 6"map, (1963)

A group of two enclosures and a hut circle discovered during field investigation on a gentle south facing slope.
'A': An enclosure 10.5 m in diameter internally consisting of a turf bank with stones showing here and there and measuring 3.5 m broad by 0.4 m high at the 1.2 m wide entrance to the south. It is slightly scooped into the slope on the north and is built up on the south.
'B': An enclosure 13m in diameter internally consisting of a bank of turf covered stones now 4m wide and 0.8 m high at the 2.6 m wide entrance on south. This enclosure is also scooped into slope on north.
'C': The fragmentary remains of a hut-circle 6m in diameter internally consisting of a wall of turf-covered stones 1.4 m wide and 0.3 m maximum height with an entrance 0.9 m wide in the east.
Visited by OS (W D J) 17 May 1961

A settlement of three hut circles (A-C), as described above. A few clearance heaps and one or two lynchets are to be seen in the vicinity of the huts, but no field plots are discernible.
Revised at 1/10,000 Visited by OS (J B) 25 Feburary 1977

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8318 3220 (179m by 157m) (5 map features)
Map sheet	NC83SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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