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MHG64627 - Hut circle 'C' - Leathad Cruineach

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Hut-circle situated on a low rocky promontory.

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Centred on NC 159 440 along a SE-facing hillside, is a settlement of four hut circles (A-D), and a homestead (E) within an extensive associated field system.
'A' measures 8.5m by 7.5m internally and has an entrance in the E on the line of the long axis; the wall is reduced to a peat-covered rubble spread, 2.0m broad by 0.3m high.
'B', levelled back into the slop, is about 8.5m internal diameter. The hut is much depleted, little remaining but a platform with walling residue on the perimeter.
'C' is approximately 10.0m by 8.5m across internally with a probable entrance position in the ESE, on the line of the long axis. The wall survives to a substantial degree in the SE half only, at most-pronounced as a turf and peat-covered rubble band 2.0m broad and 0.2m high.
'D', distinctly elliptical in shape, measures some 15.0m NW-SE by 10.5m overall; an entrance position is no longer discernible. Walling remains are scant.
'E', the homestead, is levelled back into a very slight slope and is oval in plan. It measures approximately 13.5m by 9.5m internally and has an entrance in the NE on the line of the long axis; a gap in the E quadrant is almost certainly mutilation. The wall is mainly reduced to a peat-covered rubble spread, at best 2.0m broad by 0.3m high, with a stretch of inner facing contiguous slabs in the SW. A sparse band of stones crossing the NW sector of the homestead interior is of uncertain purpose but does suggest later modification.
The field system comprises numerous stone clearance heaps, spaced on average 10.0m to 20.0m apart, occasional lynchets and, E of the homestead, an appreciable length of consumption walling; in the last feature several crude, bothy-type structures have been built. A plot 15.0m by 20.0m was noted.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 15 May 1980.

Site 5a; Hut-circle situated on a low rocky promontory at the foot of Cnoc a' Bhuthain. It is defined by an intermittent low stony bank, 1.2 m wide and 0.1m high. The hut-circle is 7 m in diameter and occupies most of the promontory. There is no clear entrance which would have been to the north-east or to the south-west. (equates to OS 'C') <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 1582 4398 (39m by 39m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC14SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	EDDRACHILLIS

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