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Allt An Tuirc, River Brora
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Allt An Tuirc, River Brora
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5824
Site Number NC70NE 27
NGR NC 77 09
NGR Description NC c. 77 09
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5824
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC70NE 27 c. 77 09
See also NC70NE 18.
On the S side of the River Brora and above the left bank of the Allt on Tuirc is a group of hut circles and small mounds.
About 1/2 mile S of the River Brora, and 150 to 200ft above the burn (Area NC 779 090) is a circular enclosure measuring about 8ft 6ins by 9ft internally, within a bank 4ft thick widening to 7ft at the entrance in the S. Some 40 yard W is an indistinct hut and 100 yds NW is another.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
None of the huts described by RCAHMS can be located with certainty, (OS [WDJ]), though the three '150-200ft above the burn' could possibly be 'K', 'L' and 'M' within the settlement NC70NE 18.
NC 779 093 A few clearance heaps, but no huts.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 30 April 1964 and (NKB) 18 August 1975.
