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Latitude: 58.0554 / 58°3'19"N
Longitude: -4.3324 / 4°19'56"W
OS Eastings: 262460
OS Northings: 909744
OS Grid: NC624097
Mapcode National: GBR H7PF.L7Q
Mapcode Global: WH3BD.FS6J
Entry Name: Tighcreag,hut circle 500m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5162
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
The monument consists of a later prehistoric hut circle. The hut circle has been built into the slope and measures 12m E-W by 11m N-S. An entrance survives in the E arc of the hut and the wall is best preserved to the N of this entrance, where it is 2m wide and 0.4m high. The area to be scheduled measures 30m in diameter to include the hut circle and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its use may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. The hut circle is well preserved, has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric round house construction and is one of an important group of later prehistoric sites in this area of forestry.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NC 60 NW 44.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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