MHG11137 - Crioslach
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Situated on a SE facing moderate slope with boulders at an altitude of 130m-168m OD in rough pasture and afforestation.
Information added by A M Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit, 17.04.00.
The remains of twelve enclosures and hut circles in various stages of deterioration, found during field investigation on a SW-facing slope. They range from 5.0m to 13.0m in diameter and consist of earth and stone banks from 0.1m to 0.5m high with entrances, where identifiable, in the south or SE.
OSFI : WDJ:15.7.1961.
NC71NE 9 776 1622.
('A': NC 7764 1626 'B': NC 7767 1625) Enclosures (NR), 'C': NC 7765 1618) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6"map, (1963)
A settlement of three simple hut circles, heather-covered and moderately preserved, found during field investigation in 1961 on SW-sloping moorland.
Visited by OS (W D J) 16 July 1961.
'A' is about 11m NNW-SSW by 9m within a wall spread to 2m. The entrance is in the SSW.
'B' is levelled into the summit of a hillock and measures about 11m north to south by 9m within a wall spread to 2m. An entrance in the south is suggested by two probable portal stones, the easterly now leaning. An annex, 8.5 ENE-WSW by 8m within an overgrown wall spread to about 1.5m abuts the hut on the NNE. The entrance is in the south where the annex wall does not quite close onto the hut.
'C', built up on a slight knoll, has a diameter of about 7.5m, within a wall spread to about 2m. The entrance was probably in the south where an arc of 4.5m has been eroded by soil slip.
Contemporary cultivation is indicated by wasted stone clearance heaps to the south, but no cultivation plots are discernible. Field walls associated with the abandoned 18th-19th century settlement to the SE encroach upon the site.
Visited by OS (J M) 10 December 1975.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7765 1622 (69m by 150m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC71NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6037 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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