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MHG1604 - Creag Leathan

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See also NC96SE 58 Creag Leathan - scooped platforms

At NC 9828 6334 and NC 9830 6334 there are remains of two hut circles, visible as two circles of large stones scattered at intervals around perimeter, measuring 7 and 5.5m in diameter respectively, the first having a well-marked entrance 0.6m wide in the E.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (R D) 27 11 1964 and (J L D) 26 May 1960;
Visible on RAF APs 106G/Scot/UK 75: 4363-4 (flown 1946)

(A: NC 9828 6335 B: NC 9830 6334 X: NC 9817 6331 Y: NC 9819 6331) Hut Circles (NR) OS 6"map, (1963)

Four hut circles (A-D), two of which (C and D) are newly located at NC 9815 6333 and NC 9817 6335 respectively. X and Y (detail shown on OS 6"map) are not hut circles (see NC 96SE 29). Huts A and B are turf-covered and bracken overgrown; C and D are heather-covered.
'A' measures 7m diameter internally; wall has been of orthostatic construction but is now generally depleted to occasional large blocks mainly confined to N half. In E wall are two opposing transverse slabs 0.7 m high, giving an entrance gap 0.7m wide.
'B' is of a similar build and size to hut A, but less well- defined. A portal stone 0.8m high is in the NW.
'C' measures 8m E-W by 7m transversely over a wall 0.3m high but of indeterminate width; its entrance is no longer evident.
'D' measures an estimated 4m in diameter within a wall spread to 1.5m and 0.3m high. The entrance has been in NE.
A scatter of mounds on the hill slope N of the huts indicates associated field clearance.
Revised at 1:10560. Huts C and D surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 August 1981.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9830 6331 (402m by 155m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC96SE
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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