MHG941 - Hut Circle, Loch Calder

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

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A circular, stone-walled hut, visible as a hollow set into SE side of a slight rise, and measuring c11m in diameter between centres of a heavily peat-covered wall, spread to an indeterminate width. The denuded entrance is indicated by a gap of about 3m in SE arc.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (I S S) 16 March 1972.

(ND 0559 6046) Settlement (NR) (One of eight hut circles shown.)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

A hut circle as described. The heather cover in the vicinity is smooth and uniform suggesting former cultivation (see type-site ND06SE 27). Visited by OS (N K B) 18 September 1981.

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Grid reference Centred ND 0558 6046 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND06SE
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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