MHG63918 - Hut circle - Gylable Burn ('B')
Summary
A hut circle near the Gylable Burn.
Type and Period (1)
- HUT CIRCLE (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1380 BC to 930 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A hut circle near the Gylable Burn. One of three recorded at this location by the OS. Originally recorded as hut circle 'B'. See MHG9962 for 'A' and MHG63920 for 'C'.
At NC 946 173 on a shelf in a NE-facing hillside is a settlement of three hut circles (A-C) within a minor field system. Hut A is small and overgrown with peat and heather; it is 7.0m internal diameter within a wall spread to 2.0m broad all round. The entrance gap is in the SE arc. Huts B and C are similar in size and character, each measuring internally 10.0m by 9.0m, with the entrances in the longer axis in the NE and E respectively. The huts are set into a gentle slope with walls spread to 2.0m broad. Some outer revetting stones occur in hut C, but apart from this no structural details are visible.
The only evidence of associated cultivation is about six stone clearance heaps in broken ground; no plots can be seen.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1976.
A forestry creation project where ploughing had caused damage to some of the known archaeological sites prompted survey over the unploughed area east of Kilearnan Hill led by J Barber in Nov 1982. Simple fieldwalking showed that the sites were concentrated in the unploughed central area between the Gylable and Oulmsdale Burns. This was gridded in 100 m squares and the survey was carried out on 50 m squares extrapolated from the grid. This hut circle was included within the survey area, but no additional details are available. <1>
The hut circle was Scheduled with other monuments in the vicinity in 1988.
Following re-assessment, the Scheduling was revoked by Historic Environment Scotland in 2016. <2>
The site is visible in vertical aerial photographs taken in 2020 and 2023. Its position, however, is somewhat different to where it is shown on modern OS mapping, being c.27m to the north-northwest. <3>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SHG27241 Text/Publication/Article: McIntyre, A.. 1998. Survey and excavation at Kilearnan Hill, Sutherland, 1982-3. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 128. 167-201. Digital.
- <2> SHG27733 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: MacIver, M.. 2016. Changes to the schedule of Monuments 04/02/2016. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <3> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020. XY
- <4> SHG29455 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2023. Getmapping aerial photography 2023.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9467 1735 (22m by 21m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/7081 (View online record)
- https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.167.201 (View published PSAS article online)
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