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Latitude: 58.0551 / 58°3'18"N
Longitude: -4.3424 / 4°20'32"W
OS Eastings: 261864
OS Northings: 909727
OS Grid: NC618097
Mapcode National: GBR H7NF.MLV
Mapcode Global: WH3BD.8SFS
Entry Name: Loch Tigh Na Creige,hut circle 350m N of NE corner
Scheduled Date: 3 February 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5309
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 hut circle which is built into a natural crest. The hut circle measures 13m ESE-WNW by 10.5m ENE-WSW and has a wall up to 2m in width and 0.3m high. The entrance is to the ESE.
The area to be scheduled measures 20m in diameter and includes the hut circle and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use will survive, as marked in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. The hut also incorporates information on round house construction and is part of an important group of prehistoric sites in this area of forestry.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NC 60 NW 42.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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