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River Shin
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name River Shin
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5127
Site Number NC50SE 61
NGR NC 5747 0230
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5127
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 61 5747 0230.
At NC 5747 0230, on a slight rise in the plain of the River Shin, is a poorly preserved hut circle. There are no signs of associated land use. The hut measures approximately 11.0m. diameter over a turf-covered wall-spread up to 0.4m high on the exterior where occasional facing stones are evident; a depression in the WSW arc probably indicates the entrance position.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 June 1981.
