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MHG11238 - Hut circle - Breton Rock ('A')

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A hut circle at Breton Rock.

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A hut circle at Breton Rock. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'A'. See MHG64508 for hut circle 'B' and MHG41388 for the clearance cairns.

At NC 7489 0911 and NC 7497 0908, on a S-facing slope are two hut circles (A and B respectively). Associated field clearance is denoted in a group of stony mounds occupying an area mainly between the huts. Remains of old walls south of 'A' and west of 'B' seem most likely to relate to Grudie township abandoned in the 19th century (See NC70NW 3). The huts are heather or turf-covered and the walls collapsed.
'A' measures 7.5 by 6m inside a wall spread from 2-2.5m and up to 0.4m high; the entrance is no longer discernible.
'B', set in at the top of a slope, measures 10 by 9m across within a wall-spread 2-3m and up to 0.7m high; the entrance is in the E on the line of the main axis.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (J M) 2 April 1981.

The grid reference given by the OS does not appear to be correct as there is nothing visible at that location on available vertical aerial photographs. However, there is a circular feature of the given dimensions c.40m to the southeast. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7493 0909 (19m by 19m)
Map sheet	NC70NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ROGART

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