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Tighcreag
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tighcreag
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5461
Site Number NC60NW 44
NGR NC 6246 0973
NGR Description NC 62464 09738 and NC 62459 09795
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5461
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (27 October 1980)
NC60NW 44 centred 624 097.
Centred at NC 624 097, on a moderately steep, S-facing slope, are two hut circles (A and B). Both huts have been built into the slope and the second hut is particularly evident as a platform.
Hut 'A' [north] is 9.5m in diameter within a wall considerably obscured by peat and heather. The simple entrance is in the SE.
'B' [south], turf-covered, measures 12.0m E-W by 11.0m within a generally ill-defined wall, surviving most clearly on the N side of the entrance in the east arc, where it is spread to 2.0m and 0.4m high internally. The S scarp of the platform is 0.9m high. There is no evidence of contemporary cultivation in the locality.
Surveyed at 1:10,000
Visited by OS (J B) 27 October 1980.
