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Latitude: 57.9429 / 57°56'34"N
Longitude: -4.3968 / 4°23'48"W
OS Eastings: 258215
OS Northings: 897353
OS Grid: NH582973
Mapcode National: GBR H7JQ.SW5
Mapcode Global: WH3BY.FMJ8
Entry Name: Invershin Primary School, settlement 600m E of
Scheduled Date: 9 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5498
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Creich (Highland)
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
This monument consists of an extensive area of prehistoric settlement on a W-facing hillslope to either side of a E-W running burn. There are remains of 3 hut circles to the N of the Allt na Ciste Duibhe. Associated with the hut circles are lynchets, field walls and clearance heaps which indicate the location of prehistoric cultivation. To the S of the burn are traces of three hut circles associated with field walls and clearance cairns. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 1030m NNW-SSE by a maximum of 555m WSW-ENE, to include the hut circles and traces of cultivation, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric domestic organisation, settlement patterns and land use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NH 59 NE 10 and 11.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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