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MHG64600 - Hut circle - Hectortown ('B')

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A hut circle to the south of Hectortown, Strath Halladale.

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A hut circle to the south of Hectortown, Strath Halladale. Recorded By the OS as hut circle 'B'. See MHG9665 for hut circle 'A'.

At NC 8941 4321 and NC 8931 4323, situated on separate knolls are two oval hut circles (A and B respectively). They are in a similar state of preservation, each with a collapsed wall overgrown with turf and heather, surviving to a height of 0.2m and spread to 2.0m.
'A' measures internally 11.0m NNW-SSE by 9.0m transversely with the entrance in the SSE arc.
'B' is 9.0m NE-SW by 7.5m transversely with a SW entrance.
The area around the huts is relatively stone-free in places, and there are several low turf-covered mounds some of which are almost certainly clearance heaps indicating former cultivation probably contemporary with the hut circles.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 7 November 1980.

The feature is visible in vertical aerial photography. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8931 4323 (27m by 27m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC84SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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