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Ceannabhaid
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ceannabhaid
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6689
Site Number NC82NW 18
NGR NC 8294 2578
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6689
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (22 February 1977)
NC82NW 18 8294 2578
See also NC82NW 14.
At NC 8294 2578 among the depopulated township of Ceannabhaid there is a hut circle. It measures 13.0m in diameter within a turf-covered wall spread to 3.0m. The mutilated entrance is in the SE, with a portal stone on its E side. Cultivation associated with the township surrounds the hut.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (JB), 22 February 1977.
Field Visit (6 March 1991)
This hut-circle is situated on a slight natural terrace within the improved and ridged land around the buildings of Ceannabhaid township (NC82NW 13). It is crossed by a modern fence and has been disturbed by stock trampling. It measures 13.2m in diameter within a stony bank 3.5m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The entrance is on the E and the N side of the interior is built up to a height of 0.9m.
(KILD91 8)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC), 6 March 1991.
