MHG10995 - Balnacoil Hill
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Type and Period (3)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Enclosure (NR) OS 6" map, (1969)
An enclosure was discovered during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10,560 Visited by OS (R D L) 5 May 1964.
On a SW-facing heather covered slope is a stone-walled hut within a small but well-preserved field system. The hut measures 12m internal diameter within a wall greatly obscured by peat spread to 2.5m broad. The entrance is in the W arc.
The field system extending for 2 hectares comprises cultivation plots, 25m by 15m average size, delineated mainly by clearance heaps with some lynchets evident.
Visited by OS (J B) 30 December 1975.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8072 1175 (329m by 249m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC81SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6600 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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