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Morvich Burn

Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Morvich Burn

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 5934

Site Number NC70SE 25

NGR NC 7553 0208

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Golspie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC70SE 25 7553 0208.

(NC 7553 0208) Hut Circle (NR).

OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)

A hut circle measuring 11.5m in diameter within a wall composed of an inner face of contiguous slabs on edge backed by rubble. In the main a wall thickness of 2.0m is indicated except around an entrance gap in the S, where it is 3.0m. The entrance displays two outer portal slabs 1.5m apart (OS [RDL]).

Contemporary cultivation is marked by a scattering of stone clearance heaps in the immediate vicinity.

Visited by OS (R D L) 15 April 1964 and (J M) 31 July 1975.

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