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Coille Bad Mheasain
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Coille Bad Mheasain
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7120
Site Number NC91SW 20
NGR NC 938 133
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7120
- Council Highland
- Parish Loth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC91SW 20 938 133.
Centred NC 938 133. A settlement of three stone-walled hut circles ('A' - 'C'), within a small field system was found during field investigation, in an exposed position high on a west-facing hillside, where the gradient eases.
Hut 'A', NC 9389 1342, is 7.5m N-S by 5.5m within a wall spread to 2.0m broad. A depression in the south arc probably indicates an entrance.
Hut 'B', NC 9386 1335, ill-defined in the south arc, is about 9.5m N-S by 8.0m E-W inside a wall in which occasional inner and outer facing stones are visible, indicating a thickness of 2.0m in the north arc. There is no entrance visible.
Hut 'C', NC 9385 1343, about 7.0m in diameter within a denuded wall spread to 2.0m broad. There is no entrance visible.
Associated cultivation is limited to a small area of cleared ground in which one or two stone clearance heaps and a lynchet are visible. On the downslope are traces of two boulder walls. The steepness of the slope restricts the amount of land suitable for arable use.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (J M) 13 May 1976.
