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Latitude: 58.2906 / 58°17'26"N
Longitude: -3.4385 / 3°26'18"W
OS Eastings: 315760
OS Northings: 934449
OS Grid: ND157344
Mapcode National: GBR K6WT.7ML
Mapcode Global: WH6F2.4WW8
Entry Name: Minera,hut circles 330m SSE of,370m ESE of and 270m E of
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6015
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument consists of a number of prehistoric hut circles on W- facing moorland. A group of 4 hut circles and associated clearance cairns are centred at ND157344, 2 further hut circles at ND158345 and a single hut circle at ND15813467. Three areas are to be scheduled: The S area measures 150m E-W by 170m SSE-NNW, the E area measures 95m SW-NE by 50m NW-SE and the N area 40m in diameter. These three areas cover the hut circles and associated clearance cairns and are shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and land use. The hut circles incorporate information about the architecture of prehistoric buildings and also evidence for the domestic life of their occupants. The fields include evidence about the agricultural economy of the settlement. Parts of the settlement are heavily peat covered and in these areas the evidence will be particularly well preserved.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as ND 13 SE 20, 21 and 42.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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