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Gleann Garbh

Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Gleann Garbh

Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 12055

Site Number NG98NE 1

NGR NG 9530 8969

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lochbroom
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG98NE 1 9530 8969.

Around 100ft OD, At NG 9530 8969, in open moorland on the NE bank of the Inverianvie River, and 220.0m SE of the main road, there are the heather covered remains of a hut circle, measuring 8.6m internal diameter. The walls, composed of large base stones with smaller ones on top, are 2.6m thick, 0.6m high, with the entrance 2.0m wide, in the SE. There is evidence of cultivation immediately to the N together with several field banks.

Visited by OS (N K B) 22 March 1965.

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