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MHG64415 - Hut circle - Feulsaid ('B')

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A hut circle near Feulsaid.

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A hut circle near Feulsaid. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'B'. See MHG12707 for hut circle 'A' and MHG38990 for the field system.

NC55SE 24 5962 5275 and 5945 5266.

At NC 5962 5275 and NC 5945 5266 on a south-facing spur are two hut circles (A and B) accompanied by a small field system. Both huts are set in the slope and heather-covered.
'A' measures 8.5m diameter internally and has an entrance in the south; the wall is spread from 1.5 to 2.0m and stands at its highest 0.4m.
'B' measures 10.5 diameter within a wall best preserved in the north half where it is spread to 2.0m and stands to 0.4m high; the entrance position is not evident. A faint footing, 6.0 by 4.0m, occupies the south half of the hut.
The field system is denoted in stone clearance heaps spaced from 10.0 to 20.0m apart and in one or two vague lynchets; a plot 15.0 by 12.0m was noted. An abandoned 18/19th century head bank crosses the south-west extent of the field system.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JM) 27 September 1978

The hut circle is visible in vertical aerial photography. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5946 5266 (27m by 27m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC55SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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