Cnoc Na Gaoith
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Na Gaoith
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7908
Site Number ND06SE 17
NGR ND 0556 6030
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SE 17 0556 6030.
There is a heather-covered hut circle at ND 0556 6030 measuring 5.0m to 6.0m internally and 0.3m high. The entrance, 1.0m wide, is in the NE.
Visited by OS (R D) 3 November 1964.
This hut, situated on a shelf on an E-facing slope, is ill-defined with a peat-covered wall spread to an indeterminate width. Two or three slabs on edge, of the inner wall-face, are visible in the W. The simple entrance is in the ENE.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 16 March 1972.
(ND 0556 6030) Settlement (NR) (One of eight hut circles in the area)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
A hut circle as described by the previous authorities. The heather cover in the vicinity is smooth and uniform, suggesting former cultivation. (See type-site ND06SE 27)
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 September 1981.
