The Mound
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Mound
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14753
Site Number NH79NE 13
NGR NH 7785 9820
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14753
- Council Highland
- Parish Golspie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH79NE 13 7785 9820.
(NH 7785 9820) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
A hut circle, 35ft in diameter within its 6ft thick bank, which expands to 10ft thick on either side of the entrance in the SE. The breadth of the entrance is not obtainable.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
Generally as described, this hut is so obscured by gorse and young fir trees as to be immeasurable.
Visited by OS (R D L) 11 April 1964.
Dense vegetation renders the site inaccessible.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 November 1978.
Not accessible.
Visited by OS (J B) 26 May 1981.
External Reference (2010)
Trees have been felled, and site is now accessible. However, it has been replanted.
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Course, 2010
