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Latitude: 58.0748 / 58°4'29"N
Longitude: -4.3634 / 4°21'48"W
OS Eastings: 260703
OS Northings: 911972
OS Grid: NC607119
Mapcode National: GBR H7LC.XPX
Mapcode Global: WH3BC.Y9BL
Entry Name: Meall Meadhonach, hut circle and field system 1200m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 12 November 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5194
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Lairg
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
This monument is a prehistoric settlement consisting of a hut circle and traces of a field system. The hut circle is approximately 9m E-W by 10m N-S and is oval in shape with a probable S entrance which is about 2m across. The hut circle is defined by a bank 1 to 1.5m wide and about 0.5 to o.7m high. There are a series of at least 19 clearance cairns surrounding the house site on all sides. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 130m NW-SE by 120m SW-NE, to include the hut circle, the cairns and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their use will survive, as shown in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a later prehistoric settlement site which has the potential to advance considerably our understanding of round house construction and prehistoric agricultural economy. This is one of an important group of later agricultural economy. This is one of an important group of later prehistoric settlements in this area of forestry.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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