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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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