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Loch Tigh Na Creige,hut circle 350m north of north east corner

A Scheduled Monument in North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland

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Coordinates

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

Description

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

Statement of Scheduling

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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