期刊名称：Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. SAIR
电子版ISSN：1473-3803
出版年度：2003
卷号：5
页码：18-18
出版社：Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
摘要：At least 2000 earthwork hut circles survive in
Caithness and Sutherland which, together with the
visible remains of their field systems, represent an
important record of human settlement in the period
between around 3900 and perhaps 1500 years ago.
Mercer (Mercer 1985, 59–95) discusses the range of
hut circles in Caithness and Sutherland while the
Lairg report (McCullagh and Tipping 1998, 4)
considers the range of dates that these sites may
cover. These hut circles are the surviving traces of
the stone foundations of round stone, timber and turf
houses (Armit 1997, 27–30). They occur singly and in
groups of up to 20 examples. The internal diameter
and substantial nature of many of these hut circles
actually suggests that the term ‘house circle’ is more
appropriate (Hingley 1998, 25), but ‘hut circle’ is well
established in the literature. The Loch Shurrery hut
circle represents one of a small group of such sites
which have been excavated in the northern part of
the Scottish mainland.
