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Duchary Burn

Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Duchary Burn

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 6514

Site Number NC80SE 10

NGR NC 8601 0485

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NC80SE 10 8601 0485.

(NC 8601 0485) Hut Circle (NR)

OS 6"map, (1964)

A hut circle discovered and surveyed at 1:10,560.

Visited by OS (E G C) 7 April 1962.

Situated on a dry shelf on a NE facing slope is a circular hut, 11.0m internal diameter, within a substantial stone wall, 0.4m high, which is spread to 2.5m wide broadening to 3.5 metres at the entrance in the ESE arc.

On the slopes to the W of the hut is a small area of cleared ground occupying one hectare, in which are several scattered stone clearance heaps, but no distinct field plots can be seen.

Revised at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (J M) 21 August 1975.

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