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Leitir Mhor
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Leitir Mhor
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 5678
Site Number NC64NW 7
NGR NC 6127 4519
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5678
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (10 October 1978)
NC64NW 7 6127 4519
See also NC64NW 4.
At NC 6127 4519, within the deserted settlement of Leitir Mhor (NC64NW 4), is a turf and heather-covered enclosure possibly a hut circle. It has been levelled and set into the E-facing slope, and measures 13.5m SSE-NNW by 10.5m within a wall spread to 2.5m-3.0m wide and 0.6m in maximum height. In plan it has a slight angularity not normally found in hut circles. The simple entrance gap is in the SSE. The location and to a limited extent the shape of the enclosure suggest that it may be a relatively recent structure, but similarities to a hut circle make positive classification uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 10 October 1978.
