Dun Burn
Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Platform (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dun Burn
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Platform (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8082
Site Number ND12SW 23
NGR ND 1001 2464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8082
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 23 1001 2464.
ND 1001 2464. A hut circle, set into a NE-facing slope with a back-scarp 1.0m high. It measures 7.5m NW-SE by 7.0m transversely within a wall, 0.6m high, spread to 2.5m and widening to 4.0m at the entrance, in the SE. Extending from the E tangent of the hut to the SE for a distance of 7.5m is a stony scarp defining the NE side of a platform or annexe outside the entrance. There is no evidence of associated cultivation.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1982.
