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MHG64601 - Hut circle - Forsinain Farm ('B')

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A hut circle near Forsinain Farm.

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A hut circle near Forsinain Farm. Originally recorded by the OS as hut circle 'B'. See MHG9826 for 'A', MHG64602 for 'C', MHG64603 for 'D', MHG64604 for 'E' and MHG40397 for the field system.

Centered at NC 905491 on a west facing hillslope is a settlement of 5 simple hut circles of similar type ('A' - 'E').
'A': NC 9058 04907, 'B': NC 9060 4906, 'C': NC 9051 4909, 'D': NC 904904907, 'E': NC 9047 4927.
'A' and 'B' are turf and heather covered and have been built into the slope in W. Their position overlooks that of the other huts. 'A' is 8.5m in diameter within a low wall spread to 2m; 'B' immediately to E is 4.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 1.5m. Both huts have entrances in SSE. Huts 'C' - 'E' are heather covered with respective internal sizes of 7m N-S by 6m, 7.5m diameter and 9m diameter. The latter is the most clearly defined with a wall spread to 2m and 0.4m high. The entrances of simple form are in S or E arcs. The ground in vicinity of the huts in undulating, with dry, heathery hillocks and rises separated by marshy stretches. Sporadic clearance heaps, occasional lynchets and one or two field walls occur on or at the base of these dry rises which have been formerly cultivated, but no measurable plots are discernible.
Surveyed at 1:10000. Visited by OS (J B) 1 June 1977.

The feature is vaguely visible on vertical aerial photographs, but c.21m to the south of the grid reference originally recorded by the OS. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9059 4903 (17m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC94NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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