Badachro River
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Badachro River
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Creag Nam Brat; Creag Nam Braid
Canmore ID 11761
Site Number NG77SE 2
NGR NG 7861 7163
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11761
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG77SE 2 7861 7163.
At NG 7861 7163 on the saddle of Creag nam Braid at 175 ft O.D. near two 0.7m high drystone field enclosures there are the heather covered remains of a hut circle measuring 7.8m inner diameter, with walls 1.5m thick by 0.5m high composed of large stones forming the inner and outer faces with small stone infilling. The entrance which is in the south east is 1.1m wide and the western side of it has been extended about 1.5m at right angles to the wall to form a windbreak.
Visited by OS (R D) 15 April 1965.
Hut circle, 8m to 9m in diameter, stone walls.
R Wentworth 1989.
