Loch Hope
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loch Hope
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4915
Site Number NC45NE 6
NGR NC 4721 5603
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4915
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC45NE 6 4721 5603
(NC 4721 5603) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1961)
NC 4721 5603. On a shelf on the E side of Loch Hope is a well-preserved hut circle set into a slight slope. It is 10.5m in diameter within a wall 1.2m thick, which attains a maximum height of 0.5m in places. There is an entrance in the W side.
(Visible on RAF air photograph 106G.Scot.UK74:4127).
Visited by OS (A C) 3 June 1959.
This hut circle measures 11.5m in internal diameter and has an entrance, as noted, from the W; its wall survives in an inner facing, well defined and up to 0.7m high, backed by rubble spread 2.0m to 2.5m broad. North of the hut are several field clearance heaps.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 October 1978.
