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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11240
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
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.
