Pitarxie
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Pitarxie
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5119
Site Number NC50SE 54
NGR NC 5774 0407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5119
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 54 5774 0407.
At NC 5774 0407, in low lying ground sheltered from the W is an oval stone-walled hut circle, heavily obscured by heather, measuring about 7.5m N-S by 7.0m inside a substantial wall spread from 1.5 - 2.0m. A break of 4.0m in the S arc indicates the entrance. One or two small stony mounds in the immediate vicinity are almost certainly field clearance from contemporary cultivation; also the summit areas of three hillocks nearby, close-cropped in appearance with occasional rickles of stone present, may reflect further associated agriculture.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 September 1976.
