Caen Hill
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Caen Hill
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7461
Site Number ND01NW 44
NGR ND 0211 1773
NGR Description ND 0211 1773 and ND 0207 1779
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
ND01NW 44 0211 1773 and 0207 1779.
A: ND 0211 1773: B: ND 0207 1779.
On a gently shelving terrace in a steep SW-facing slope are two heather and bracken-covered hut circles levelled into the slope. The huts are broadly similar in size and construction, measuring 9.5m (A) and 11.5m (B) internal diameter within a tumbled stone wall spread to 2.5m thick. Part of the inner wall face of slabs on edge is visible in hut A. The NW quarter of hut B is disturbed. The entrance in each case is in the SSE arc. About six stone clearance heaps occur on the terrace close by the huts, but no plots are discernible.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 October 1976.
