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MHG12469 - Ceann-Na-Coille

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NC64SE 19 680 407.

('A':NC 6793 4090) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1873)

'A'- A small enclosure or hut circle situated on a knoll which is the highest point within the depopulated area of Ceann-na-coille (NC64SE 21). It is 11.5m in diameter and consists of an earth and stone bank, 1m high and spread to 4m, with an entrance 2m wide in the SE. Two similar enclosures also lie within the depopulated area - 'B' at NC 6804 4085 is 16m in diameter and 'C' at NC 6814 4068 is 18m in diameter (of NC64SE 12 and 28 for combination of Iron Age settlement and later depopulation). Visited by OS (J L D) 11 May 1960.

(A: NC 6793 4090, B: NC 6804 4085 and C: NC 6814 4069) Undescribed circular features
OS 6"map, (1961)

There are three hut circles (A-C), in deserted township of Ceann-na-caille, now planted over with trees.
'A', on a rise in a forest clearing, is grass and heather-covered. It measures internally 10.5 by 9m and has an entrance from the SE the line of the long axis; the mutilated wall, has a general spread 2.5 to 3m broad and varies in height from 0.1 to 0.8m.
'B' is thickly blanketed with trees but is approx 13m diameter overall; no other details are ascertainable.
'C', just outside the afforestation, is levelled into the top of a low rise. It measures internally an estimated 10m diameter; the wall is ragged and quarried into and in the N arc truncated by a rough track. A 4m gap in the SE indicates an entrance position. Some large stone blocks are evident in the construction of the hut.
Visited by OS (J M) 26 July 1978.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6804 4079 (304m by 299m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC64SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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