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MHG63886 - Possible hut circle - Salscraggie Lodge

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A possible hut circle near Salscraggie Lodge.

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A possible hut circle near Salscraggie Lodge. For the definite hut circle recorded by the OS, see MHG9901.

(NC 9959 1849) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)

A small sub-rectangular enclosure abutting the S side of an old track. Visited by OS (W D J) 21 May 1960.

The hut circle was Scheduled in 1969.

This is a reduced, circular stone-walled hut circle occupying a sheltered position in rising broken ground open to the SE. The hut is about 9.5m diameter internally. The wall, peat-covered generally, is vague in the N arc but otherwise indicates a main width of 1.2m that expands to 1.8m at an entrance from the E. Some largish stones are evident in the wall construction particularly in its exterior in the S half. Associated agriculture is noted by occasional mound and rickles of field clearance on the hillside ascending from the S - no cultivation plots are discernible. About 45.0m S of the hut, on the slope, is a level circular patch, 11.0m diameter, slightly raised from its surround and with some stone in evidence, which may be remains of another hut circle.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 July 1976.

There are slight indications of the second possible hut circle mentioned by the OS visible in vertical aerial photography taken in 2009, 25m to the south of the known site, but nothing 45m to the south. <1>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NC 9959 1846 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC91NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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