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MHG9901 - Hut circle - Salscraggie Lodge

Summary

A hut circle near Salscraggie Lodge.

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A hut circle near Salscraggie Lodge. For the second, possible hut circle see MHG63886.

(NC 9959 1849) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)

A small sub-rectangular enclosure abutting the S side of an old track. Visited by OS (W D J) 21 May 1960.

The hut circle was Scheduled in 1969.

This is a reduced, circular stone-walled hut circle occupying a sheltered position in rising broken ground open to the SE. The hut is about 9.5m diameter internally. The wall, peat-covered generally, is vague in the N arc but otherwise indicates a main width of 1.2m that expands to 1.8m at an entrance from the E. Some largish stones are evident in the wall construction particularly in its exterior in the S half. Associated agriculture is noted by occasional mound and rickles of field clearance on the hillside ascending from the S - no cultivation plots are discernible. About 45.0m S of the hut, on the slope, is a level circular patch, 11.0m diameter, slightly raised from its surround and with some stone in evidence, which may be remains of another hut circle.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 July 1976.

The hut circle is visible in vertical aerial photography taken in 2009. <1>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NC 9959 1850 (20m by 21m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC91NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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