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Cnoc Chatha

Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Cnoc Chatha

Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 4999

Site Number NC50NE 3

NGR NC 582 096

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lairg
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC50NE 3 582 096.

'A' NC 5822 0959) 'B' NC 5825 0961) 'C' NC 5829 0958) Hut Circles(NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)

A settlement of three hut circles lies on the S-facing slopes of Cnoc Chatha.

Visited by OS (W D J) 22 June 1963.

The huts, though mutilated and obscured by ploughing and afforestation, are still clearly visible, and range in internal size from 9.5m to 12.5m in diameter. The wall of 'A' is of bare stone spread to about 3.6m and 0.7m high. The other two are of earth and stone, heather-covered, with a spread of 3.0m and 0.7m high. Where visible the entrances are in the S arc. A number of mutilated clearance heaps and field banks testify to contemporary cultivation in the area but no pattern of fields can be seen.

Visited by OS (J B) 28 August 1976.

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