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MHG3379 - Hut circle - Blairmore

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Set into a north facing slope is an ill-defined, oval, stone-walled hut measuring c.10.0.m from the SW.

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At NH 5087 3612, set into a N-facing slope, is an ill-defined, oval, stone-walled hut measuring c.10.0.m from the SW through the 'simple' entrance in the NE by c.8.5m transversely between the centres of a wall spread to. C.2.5m all round.
Around the hut are a number of stone clearance heaps, probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (R L) 12 Feburary 1970

Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I S S) 7 January 1972

This hut-circle and field-system were visited during a pre-afforestation survey by J Wordsworth (NMRS MS 961/9, no.4). The full extent of this site, which covers about 2.7 hectares, is difficult to establish although it does seem to be localised along the ridge. The break between Sites 3 and 5 is fairly arbtitary and the two sites may have been linked. Though separated here it is very unlikely that trees will be planted between them because of the landscape design. There is a faint suggestion of broad rig on the north, extending down toward Fanblair though this identification is tenuous. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5087 3612 (19m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH53NW
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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