Loch Croispol
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loch Croispol
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4789
Site Number NC36NE 29
NGR NC 3850 6780
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC36NE 29 3850 6780.
(NC 3850 6778) Adjacent to dyke is a well-preserved hut circle, overall 39 ft.
(NC 3854 6772) Badly ruined hut circle, overall 30 ft.
Information from Dr C S Sandeman, Durness, 14 March 1967.
Hut circles.
R W K Reid 1968.
The two features are situated in the bottom of a valley. The first, at NC 3850 6780, is undoubtedly a hut circle; the second, at the given location, is a fortuitous arrangement of loose stone and natural scarping. The hut is turf-covered, and measures about 8.5m in diameter within a wall spread to 3.0m and 0.4m in average height. No entrance is visible. The E side is overlaid by a later turf-covered wall. Except for a couple of clearance heaps there is no trace of contemporary cultivation in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 27 November 1978.
