Monument record MHG11504 - Loch Tigh Na Creige
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6183 0963 (18m by 31m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC60NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | LAIRG |
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Full Description
NC60NW 59 6183 0963.
A circular enclosure, 12m in diameter and 0.5m high. It is grass and heather-covered with an entrance in the SE.
R J Mercer 1980.
A ruinous sheepfold, preserved from forestry ploughing.
Visited by OS (JB) 9 December 1980.
A well preserved sheepfold with associated enclosures. The low drystone wall of the sheepfold, which is overgrown with turf and heather, encloses an area about 12m in diameter and has a SE entrance. Walls run off from the sheepfold to S and N and may form small subsidiary sheepfolds, lambing pens or shepherds' huts.
Inf: Historic Scotland, June 1992.
FE Management Plan received, see assoc. docs. File.
J Aitken : 02/04/01.
New information about this site was gathered during a walkover survey that took place between November 2010 and January 2011. Please see the linked report for full details. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2510 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 125, no. DAL 250.
- <1> SHG25614 Collection/Project Archive: Peteranna, M. 02/2011. Archaeological survey of Dalchork Forest, Lairg, Sutherland: Archaeological Walkover Survey. Ross & Cromarty Archaeological Services. Digital. Site 96a-c.
- <2> SHG25613 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Peteranna, M. 02/2011. Archaeological survey of Dalchork Forest, Lairg, Sutherland: Archaeological Walkover Survey. Ross & Cromarty Archaeological Services. Digital. Site 96a-c.
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2012 4:51PM
