Strath Oykel
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Strath Oykel
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4877
Site Number NC40SW 6
NGR NC 431 014
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4877
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC40SW 6 431 014.
Centred at NC 431014 on an undulating SE-facing slope is a settlement of three hut circles ('A'-'C').
'A' is oval and measures 11.5m E-W by 10.0m internally within an ill-defined, peat-obscured wall spread to 2.5m. Part of the S, arc has slipped away. The entrance is in the E.
'B' is the best-preserved hut, and has been built onto a small hillock. It is 7.0m in diameter within a wall of 2.0m average spread widening slightly at the entrance in the E. At the entrance there is a build ip of material possibly natural, suggestive of a 'causeway'.
'C' is set into the hill in the N where the arc has been obscured by earth-slip and measures 8.0m in diameter within a wall spread to 3.0m. The entrance is in the S where a section of the wall has been mutilated. The associated field system of 6 hectares consists generally of widely scattered clearance heaps with small concentrations occurring in places; occasional lynchets are visible. No measurable plots were seen.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J B) 22 September 1976.
