Rhiconich
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Rhiconich
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4700
Site Number NC25SE 3
NGR NC 2527 5192
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4700
- Council Highland
- Parish Eddrachillis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC25SE 3 2527 5192.
NC 252 519. An oval hut, 24 ft by 15 ft, with remains of a crude hearth against one wall.
T C Welsh 1969.
At NC 2527 5192, in a sheltered S-facing position high up in the NW shoulder of a hill, are the denuded remains of a hut circle set into the slope. The wall is tumbled and partially heather-covered, but occasional slabs of inner facing are discernible, indicating an approximate internal diameter of 5.5m; an entrance position would seem to be from the S. In the level interior, a pile of loose stones against the NW arc, the alleged 'crude hearth', is probably a collapsed lambing pen or similar. The environs of the hut circle is heather-cropped, generally stone-free ground, with four or five stone clearance heaps visible (see also NC25SE 4).
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 5 June 1980.