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Rivra

Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Rivra

Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 13990

Site Number NH69SE 4

NGR NH 6716 9045

NGR Description NH 6716 9045 and NH 6719 9044

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Creich (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NH69SE 4 6716 9045 and 6719 9044.

(NH 6716 9045 and NH 6719 9044) Enclosures (NR)

OS 25" map, (1967)

On the edge of a field are the remains of two stone-walled huts, termed circular enclosures, probably folds, by the RCAHMS (1911).

The E hut, destroyed in the SW, measuring c.16.0m NW-SE between wall centres. Occasional inner and outer facing stones are visible, giving a wall thickness of 2.3m. No entrance is apparent.

The W hut, destroyed in the W by a road, measures 11.9m internally N-S. The inner face is visible intermittently but the only outer facing stone to be seen is in the S, where the wall is 2.0m thick. No entrance is apparent.

There is no trace of an associated field system in the area, which is under modern cultivation.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 June 1963 and

(N K B) 11 November 1969.

No change

Revised at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (N K B) 19 September 1980.

Activities

Field Visit (23 July 1909)

61. Allt nan Eun. On the W. side of the Allt nan Eun, to the N. of the road from Spinningdale to Migdale, are two circular enclosures, that nearest the burn measuring about 46' in interior diameter, the other, some 30 yards westward, 35' x 34'. Their entrances are uncertain. These constructions have probably been folds.

OS 6-inch map: Sutherland Sheet cxi. (unnoted).

RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 23rd July 1909.

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