MHG11396 - Hut circle, Melness

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GR corrected to above from modern OS - HAW 4/2004

NC56SE 11 5788 6010.

NC 5789 6015: Hut circle, 14m overall diameter, 7.5m internally.
Info contained in letter from T C Welsh to OS 23 July 1973

At NC 5788 6010 on a gentle SE slope is a stone-walled hut circle, overgrown with grass and heather, which measures 10.5m NNW-SSE by 9.5m transversely within a wall spread to 2.5m wide and 0.4m max height. The entrance of simple form is in SSE arc. The only sign of associated land use are two field clearance heaps 50m SE of the hut.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (JM) 22 August 1978

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--- SHG1109 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1973. 'Melness House, circular enclosure, stony mound, small cairns', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.57. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 57. 57, (cicular enclosure).

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5789 6017 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC56SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG11396 (Monument) (MHG41348)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5386 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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