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MHG12017 - Loch Caladail West

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NC36NE 35 393 663.

('A': NC 3927 6639 & ('B': NC 3933 6632 & 'C': NC 3928 6629)
Huts or enclosures.
Visible on OS air photographs 68.057: 090-1 (flown 15 April 1968)

A settlement of three oval stone-walled huts (A-C). Heavy peat growth over the surrounding area and no trace of contemporary cultivation. 'A' measures 11.5m NW-SE by 10.0m transversely between the centres of a wall, obscured by peat, spread to indeterminate width width except in the NE where two outer facing stones are evident and the wall is spread to 2.5m. The entrance in the SE is ill-defined.
'B' measures 13.5m NW-SE by 11.0m transversely. The wall is mainly obscured by peat except in the NW where it incorporates a rocky outcrop. The entrance in the SE is ill-defined.
'C' measures 10.0m WNW-ESE by 8.5m transversely between the centres of a wall, obscured by peat and spread to an indeterminate width. The entrance in the SE is ill-defined. The S arc is scarcely discernible. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 22 July 1971.

No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 April 1980.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 3930 6634 (111m by 149m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC36NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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