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MHG64508 - Hut circle - Breton Rock ('B')

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A hut circle at Breton Rock.

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A hut circle at Breton Rock. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'B'. See MHG11238 for hut circle 'A' and MHG41388 for the clearance cairns.

At NC 7489 0911 and NC 7497 0908, on a S-facing slope are two hut circles (A and B respectively). Associated field clearance is denoted in a group of stony mounds occupying an area mainly between the huts. Remains of old walls south of 'A' and west of 'B' seem most likely to relate to Grudie township abandoned in the 19th century (See NC70NW 3). The huts are heather or turf-covered and the walls collapsed.
'A' measures 7.5 by 6m inside a wall spread from 2-2.5m and up to 0.4m high; the entrance is no longer discernible.
'B', set in at the top of a slope, measures 10 by 9m across within a wall-spread 2-3m and up to 0.7m high; the entrance is in the E on the line of the main axis.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (J M) 2 April 1981.

The feature is viisble in vertical aerial photographs. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7498 0908 (19m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC70NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ROGART

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