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Links Of Dunnet
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Links Of Dunnet
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 8831
Site Number ND26NW 6
NGR ND 2239 6958
NGR Description ND 2239 6958 and ND 2242 6954
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8831
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND26NW 6 2239 6958 and 2242 6654
(A: ND 2239 6958; B: ND 2242 6954) Hut Circles (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map (1975).
See also ND26NW 15.
A hut circle, with a bank 13 to 14ft thick and an internal diameter of 31ft. The 2ft 6ins wide entrance is visible on the SE for a length of 6ft 4ins, faced on either side with flags. In the interior several thin slabs are set edge-wise against the bank.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
A hut circle (A) covered with grass-grown blown sand. It measures about 10.0m internal diameter with the wall spread to an indeterminate thickness. The position of the inner face is visible as a distinct grassy ridge although no stones protrude. Four thin slabs on edge each 0.6m long, two in the N arc, two in the S arc, 3.0m apart, are placed at right angles to the line of the inner face and abut onto it and are obviously part of internal division s or structures. The entrance in the ESE, 0.7m wide, is flanked on either side by stone slabs on edge. It can be seen for a length of 2.0m but its outer end is not visible and the original length of the passage cannot be ascertained.
About 50.0m to the SE is another ill-defined hut (B), measuring 14.0m in diameter between the centres of a sand-covered wall spread to a width of 5.0m all round. The entrance is not evident. A small excavation in the NW arc has exposed some stones in the wall. There is no trace of contemporary cultivation.
Visited by OS (I S S) 9 March 1972.
'A': A subcircular, grass-covered structure, 15 by 17m externally and 9 by 9m internally, with two orthostats, 0.75m apart, at the entrance in the SE. Several upright slabs are set radially in the interior
(no 553a).
Impinging on the E is another subcircular structure measuring 9 by 8m externally and 6 by 5m internally, with some stone visible. (no 553b) 'B': A large, circular, grass-covered structure, 20m in diameter, with a possible entrance on the W and some stone visible in the centre. (no 554) (Mercer incorporates these features in his prehistoric settlement - ND26NW 15.)
R J Mercer 1981.
Two hut circles as described by previous OS field investigator.
Visited by OS (N K B) 6 July 1982.
