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Torbreck Burn
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Torbreck Burn
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5904
Site Number NC70NW 63
NGR NC 7102 0581
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5904
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (20 May 1981)
NC70NW 63 7102 0581.
At NC 7102 0581, in shelving ground on a SW facing slope, is a hut circle. Associated land use is denoted in a number of stone clearance heaps particularly along the slopes to the SE. The hut, completely turf and peat-covered, measures 13.0m in diameter over an obscure wall-spread; a slight depression in the S side may indicate the entrance.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 20 May 1981.
Field Visit (15 May 1995)
This hut-circle (ROG95 186) is situated on the leading edge of a small terrace at the base of the SW flank of Cnoc Dubh. It measures 8.9m from NE to SW by 8.4m transversely within a stony bank spread to 2.4m in thickness and 0.5m in height. The interior is raised above the surrounding ground level.
There are at least six small cairns (ROG95 975), measuring up to 4m in diameter and 0.3m in height, on the terrace to the N of the hut-circle. Faint traces of rig are visible on the ground between the cairns.
(ROG95 186, 975)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 15 May 1995
