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MHG10810 - Hut circle - Killin ('A')

Summary

A hut circle near Killin to the east of Loch Brora.

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A hut circle near Killin to the east of Loch Brora. See MHG64440 for hut circle 'B' and MHG64441 for hut circle 'C'. For the field system see MHG40439.

Centred: NC 862 070. On a shelf on a W facing slope is a settlement of three stone-walled huts ('A'-'C') and an associated field system. The hut walls are obscured by peat growth and only the occasional outer facing stone is visible.
'A' is oval, 12.0m by 8.5m between wall centres, and 'B' and 'C' are circular, respectively 10.0m and 8.5m in diameter. In each case the entrance is in the S arc.
The field system is small but well-preserved, comprising cultivation plots demarcated by stone clearance heaps and lynchets.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 December 1975.

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8619 0710 (24m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC80NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CLYNE

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