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Achvaich Burn
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achvaich Burn
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14816
Site Number NH79NW 29
NGR NH 7042 9631
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH79NW 29 7042 9631.
Noted during pre-afforestation survey.
D Ross 1983.
A large hut circle levelled into the slope. It measures 13.0m in diameter between wall centres. The peat covered wall measures up to 2.5m wide and 0.5m high. Two large outer facing stones on SE mark the entrance. There is little trace of contemporary cultivation.
D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983, 13 (see archive MS/578/1)
