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Achnabourin
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achnabourin
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6210
Site Number NC75NW 1
NGR NC 7082 5891
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6210
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75NW 1 7082 5891.
(NC 7082 5891) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)
An enclosure is situated on the summit of a prominent knoll, about 5m high. It is circular in plan, consisting of a strong, turf-covered wall, spread to some 3m, and 0.1m high, which has been entirely destroyed for a distance of 7m on the NW. The internal diameter is 14m and the entrance appears to have been in the SE, where there is a 2m wide depression in the bank.
Visited by OS (J L D) 2 May 1960.
This is a hut circle situated on the summit of a prominent knoll. The hut is about 12.0m in diameter within a turf-covered wall approximately 2.0m thick and surviving up to 0.7m high.
Some 7.0m of the wall has been destroyed in the NW arc. The entrance is in the E. No trace of contemporary cultivation is visible; the surrounding area has been cultivated in more recent times.
Revised at 1:10,000
Visited by OS (J B) 22 September 1978.
