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MHG5902 - Hut circle - near Waternish House

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A hut circle near Waternish House, Skye.

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A hut circle near Waternish House, Skye.

At least three hut-circles are situated just above the shore of Loch Bay about 1km NW of Waternish House. They have been overlain by cultivation ridges and that to the E appears to have been supplemented by field clearance. There is a small inlet to the S and a fragment of what may be a pre-lazy-bed orthostatic bank running across the contour.

NG25NE 23.03 2534 5788. What may be a hut-circle is situated on a slight terrace on the slopes above the shore of Loch Bay. It measures 11m overall, possibly 7m in diameter within a bank about 2m thick and 0.4m in height. It has been overlain by cultivation ridges and supplemented by clearance, through which intermittent inner and outer faces are visible. The SW side has been terraced to a height of 0.6m from which a short stretch of banks runs away to the S. A substantial bank to the N and E appears to have been partially engulfed by lazy-beds.
(WAT90 859)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 21 November 1990. <1>

There is nothing visible in vertical aerial imagery answering the description at the given grod reference,. However, c.17m to the east is a feature which although clearly covered by vegetation does appear to have field clearance and it is located between cultivation furrows, perhaps indicating a stonier part of the field. In the absence of any other information, the current spatial data is therefore based on this location. <2> <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 2531 5788 (25m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG25NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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