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Meall Clais Nan Each
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Meall Clais Nan Each
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13939
Site Number NH69NE 6
NGR NH 691 991
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13939
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH69NE 6 691 991.
Centred on NH 691 991, in a S-facing hillside, is a settlement of four heather-covered hut circles (A - D) accompanied by a minor field system. Internal dimensions 'A' - 'D' respectively, are 7.5m NW-SE by 5.0m, 3.5m diameter, 6.5m and 5.5m diameter; entrances when discernible are in the SE quarter. The wall of hut 'B' is obscure; in the other huts the walls are visible as rubble spreads on average 1.5m to 2.0m broad and 0.2m to 0.4m high.
The field system comprises numerous stone clearance heaps, spaced on average 10.0m to 20.0m apart, and tenuous traces of lynchets. There are no measureable plots.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 August 1980.
