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MHG9754 - Hut circle - Oulmsdale Burn ('A')

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A hut circle near the Oulmsdale Burn.

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A hut circle near the Oulmsdale Burn. It was originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'A'. See MHG64461 for hut circle 'B', MHG64462 for hut circle 'C' and MHG64463 for the field system.

NC91NE 17 964 172.

(NC 9636 1745) Enclosure (NR).
OS 6"map, (1964)

An oval-shaped enclosure (A) was located during fieldwork.
Visited by OS (W D J) 17 May 1960.

NC 964 172. On a steep W-facing hillslope in open moorland is a settlement of three oval, stone-walled huts (A-C) within a field system. Huts A and B are broadly similar, set into the slope.
A, the better-preserved, is 10.0m N-S by 9.0m E-W internally within a wall 0.6m high, spread to 2.5m broad on the N side but wider on the revetted W arc. Details of the entrance in the S are obscured by soil slip.
B is 14.5m N-S by 14.0m E-W overall with a number of outer facing stones visible, especially in the E arc. The wall width is uncertain; the entrance was probably in the S.
Only fragmentary remains of hut C can be seen; it is mainly overgrown with peat. It measures 12.0m NNW-SSE by 10.0m overall with a probable entrance gap in the SSE.
The field system occupying five hectares of steep hillslope is well-defined in the vicinity of hut A, where cleared ground bounded by stone clearance heaps and lynchets is visible. There are several plots; one measures 40.0m by 15.0m ruined field wall extends for about 40.0m from N arc of hut A.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 May 1976.

The hut circle is visible in vertical aerial photography. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9637 1745 (29m by 29m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC91NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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