MHG9962 - Hut circles - Gylable Burn
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NC91NW 31 946 173
At NC 946 173 on a shelf in a NE-facing hillside is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C) within a minor field system. Hut A is small and overgrown with peat and heather; it is 7.0m internal diameter within a wall spread to 2.0m broad all round. The entrance gap is in the SE arc. Huts B and C are similar in size and character, each measuring internally 10.0m by 9.0m, with the entrances in the longer axis in the NE and E respectively. The huts are set into a gentle slope with walls spread to 2.0m broad. Some outer revetting stones occur in hut C, but apart from this no structural details are visible.
The only evidence of associated cultivation is about six stone clearance heaps in broken ground; no plots can be seen.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1976.
The hut circles were Scheduled with other monuments in the vicinity in 1988.
Following re-assessment, the Scheduling was revoked by Historic Environment Scotland in 2016. <1>
Forestry ploughing prompted survey and excavation work by SDD in 1982 on a hillside in the Strath of Kildonan, in Sutherland. See 1998 PSAS publication. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG27733 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: MacIver, M.. 2016. Changes to the schedule of Monuments 04/02/2016. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <2> SHG27241 Text/Publication/Article: McIntyre, A.. 1998. Survey and excavation at Kilearnan Hill, Sutherland, 1982-3. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 128. 167-201. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9459 1730 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7081 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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