Brawlbin
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brawlbin
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dorrery Lodge; Ben Freiceadain
Canmore ID 7629
Site Number ND05NE 15
NGR ND 0646 5606
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7629
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05NE 15 0646 5606.
'About 1 mile NNW of Dorrery Lodge, at the base of the eastern slope of Ben Freiceadain, is a well-preserved hut circle. The enclosing wall is largely overgrown with vegetation, but on the outside towards the S. it is exposed in plans to a height of 2'. The thickness of the main wall of the circle is 6', increasing to 9' on eigher side of the entrance. It is entered from the ESE through a passage in the thickness of the wall 9' in length, 5' in width at the outer end and 2' 3" at the interior. At 4' from the inner end two upright stones in situ have evidently formed jambs con- stricting the width of the passage to 1' 6". Interiorly, the circle, which is of pear-shaped form, measures 27' x 31'. The interior is divided into two by a wall some 2'-6" in breadth, forming an arc having its concave out-line facing the entrance at 17' distant from it. There seems to have been an entrance to the back enclosure near the centre of the cross wall. Against the dividing wall, and in the front compartment on the left of the entrance to the back, has been a small circular enclosure measuring interiorly some 5' x 4'. The level of the back division is rather higher than that of the front. The main wall in the interior at highest has an elevation of nearly 4'. Against the external face of the wall on the E side of the entrance are indications of a small outer construction.'
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
The remains of this hut-circle were located at ND 0646 5606. It measures c 11.5m. NW-SE by c 10.4m. transversely and is fully described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (W D J) 11 April 1962.
(ND 0646 5606) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A hut circle, overgrown with heather and branches, as described and planned by the RCAHMS. North of the entrance a section of the inner wall-face is exposed. The construction noted by the RCAHMS outside the entrance appears to be merely debris. Apart from one or two mounds nearby, which may be clearance heaps, there is no evidence of associated cultivation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 September 1981.
