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Skye, Glen Brittle

Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Skye, Glen Brittle

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 11240

Site Number NG42SW 5

NGR NG 4140 2203

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Skye, Glen Brittle, NG42SW 5, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Bracadale
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG42SW 5 4140 2203.

NG 4140 2203. On a shelf on the E bank of the River Brittle, at the foot of Sgurr nan Gobhar, there is a well-preserved hut circle at about 260ft OD. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/372: 4150-1)

It measures internally 8.0m E-W by 7.0m transversely with turf-covered stone walling 1.7m wide and 0.5m high. The entrance facing WNW has a small causeway over a slight ditch which fades out to either side.

Visited by OS (A S P) 5 June 1961.

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