Site Event/Activity record EHG23 - Walkover Survey - Ledmore & Migdale
Location
Location | Ledmore and Migdale, Spinningdale, Sutherland |
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Grid reference | Centred NH 6615 9054 (4408m by 2908m) |
Map sheet | NH69SE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Civil Parish | CREICH |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Headland Archaeology Ltd
Date
Feb 1997
Description
The Ledmore & Migdale WGS survey area covers roughly 7.5km^2 of land on the north side of the Dornoch Firth to the west of Spinningdale. The area was largely occupied by softwood plantations up until WWII when most mature timber was clear-felled. The pinewood around Migdale Rock and the oakwood on the shore of the Dornoch Firth survived this felling. Since 1945 much of the southern part of the survey area has been re-planted with spruce, larch and pine but the remainder has been left and, with only light graszing, is now covered in naturally regenerating birchwood, gorse, rank heather and bracken. Good ground visibility only occurred in the north-east limit of the survey area, where heather cover is short and in the vicinity of Rivra, where grazing pressure has been high. It was decided that total coverage by systematic survey was not possible in areas with poor visibility. Therefore fieldwork was primarily designed to examine known sites to check their extent, nature and condition. All areas were covered, at least in a superficial manner and any previously un-noted sites that were encountered were recorded. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG21339 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth J/Carter S. 1997. Forestry Survey: Ledmore & Migdale, Spinningdale, Sutherland. Headland Archaeology Ltd. 05/02/1997. Digital (scanned as PDF).
Related Monuments/Buildings (15)
- MHG19299 Allt Coire Nan Caorach (Monument)
- MHG27564 Boundary stones, Creag na Sroine (Monument)
- MHG10111 Cairn, SE of Kyleoag House (Monument)
- MHG24768 Chambered Cairn, Kyleoag (Monument)
- MHG10300 Chambered Cairn, Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG19302 Corn Mill, Spinningdale Burn (Monument)
- MHG24767 Creag A'Bhealaich (Monument)
- MHG18414 Creag Na Sroine (Monument)
- MHG10299 Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG24771 Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG24772 Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG24773 Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG10304 Mound, Ledmore Wood (Monument)
- MHG19305 Rivra (Monument)
- MHG19304 Spinningdale Burn (Monument)
Record last edited
Jun 23 2016 4:03PM