Ousdale
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ousdale
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7531
Site Number ND02SE 16
NGR ND 067 206
NGR Description Centred ND 067 206
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND02SE 16 centred 067 206.
Centred at ND 067 206 and levelled into a S-facing slope are two circular, stone-walled huts.
Hut 'A' measures 8.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 2.5m all round. Several inner facing-stones are visible in the N and E arcs and an occasional measurements or wall thickness. The simple entrance is in the SSE.
Hut 'B' measures 7.0m in diameter between the centres of a peat-covered wall spread to about 3.0m. The simple entrance is in the S. There are several heavily peat- covered stone clearance heaps and traces of probably contemporary walls in the area, but peat growth hides details of cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (I S S) 21 April 1972.
The hut circles (A and B) are as described by the previous OS field surveyor. At ND 0670 2059 is a further example (C), measuring 6.5m NW-SE by 5.5m transversely within a heather-covered wall 0.2m average height and spread to 2.0m. The entrance, of simple form, is in the SE.
Huts A-C surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1982.