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Latitude: 58.3545 / 58°21'16"N
Longitude: -4.2342 / 4°14'3"W
OS Eastings: 269354
OS Northings: 942842
OS Grid: NC693428
Mapcode National: GBR H6XN.367
Mapcode Global: WH392.X8WP
Entry Name: Dalvina Lodge,hut circle and field system 1130m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 17 February 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5627
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Farr
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
This monument consists of a prehistoric settlement on a NW-facing hill slope.
The settlement consists of a single hut circle and associated field system. The hut circle measures 11m NE-SW by 10m NW-SE within a stone wall spread to 2.5m wide and up to 0.9m high. The entrance to the hut circle is in the SW. The field system consists of clearance cairns and lynchets in the area surrounding the hut circle.
The area to be scheduled measures 105m N-S by 80m E-W, to include the hut circle, the field system and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the settlement may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric domestic life and agricultural practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NC64SE 24.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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