MHG9957 - Kilearnan Burn

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Type and Period (1)

  • HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 560 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NC91NW 7 9220 1840 and 9229 1847.

(NC 9225 1844) Tumuli (NR)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

(NC 9220 1840, NC 9229 1847) Hut Circles (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)

These stony mounds appear to be field clearance heaps. At NC 9220 1840 is a heather-covered hut circle with large stones in its bank. It is 8.0m diameter. The entrance could not be determined.
120m NE of it, are the merest remains of another hut, 8.0m diameter. The entrance is not apparent, the bank being only 0.1m maximum height in places. It is situated on a knoll a short distance SW of the Long Cairn (NC91NW 3).
Visited by OS (J L D) 31 May 1961.

The area has been ploughed and afforested within the last decade, and the huts are severely mutilated. No clearance heaps can be identified. Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 20 April 1976.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9220 1840 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC91NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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