MHG11714 - Hut circles, Clashmore Wood

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1st ed OS: "hut circles" marked centred at 272915890677 - HAW 2/2003

NH79SW 2 728 907.
('A': NH 7291 9067) Hut Circle (NR) OS 6"map, (1959)

Centred at NH 728 907, on N brink of a gully is a settlement of 3 stone-walled huts (A-C) partly obscured by young trees and whins.
The huts are oval and have the same dimensions of 13m x c11m between wall centres, with walls spread to a rectangular width of
c2.5m all round. The longer axis in each case is through simple entrance, which in 'A' and 'B' is in ESE and in 'C' is in SSE. No trace of a field system. Visited by OS (R L) 27 October 1969.

'A' revised and 'B' and 'C' surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 3 June 1975.

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Grid reference Centred NH 7282 9070 (241m by 125m) (5 map features)
Map sheet NH79SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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