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An Cnoc Buidhe
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name An Cnoc Buidhe
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Upper Suisgill
Canmore ID 6660
Site Number NC82NE 31
NGR NC 8727 2748
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6660
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (3 December 1976)
NC82NE 31 8727 2748
See also NC82NE 27 and 30.
At NC 87272748 is a poorly-defined hut circle set into the W-facing hillside. It is visible as a platform surrounded by a scant wall, and measures internally 9.5 m N-S by 7.5 m. The entrance is in the S. About 240 metres to the N is a group of a dozen or so clearance heaps, and some linear clearance. No field pattern is apparent.
Surveyed at 1/10,000
Visited by OS (J B) 3 December 1976
Field Visit (6 June 1991)
This hut-circle is situated on a the steeply-rising, W flank of An Cnoc Buidhe, to the E of the public road to Kinbrace amongst a scatter of small cairns. It comprises a terraced platform, measuring 9m from NNE to SSW by 7m transversely and 0.7m in depth with a stony lip at the front and an entrance to the SSW. There is a terrace running along the contour immediately upslope from it.
(KILD91 383)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 6 June 1991.
