Monument record MHG12858 - Achuvoldrach Burn
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 5545 5886 (99m by 64m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC55NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | TONGUE |
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Full Description
NC55NE 17 554 588.
Oval enclosures, 7.5m by 5.5m, 7m by 4m and 4m by 2.5m on the south bank of the burn below the 250ft contour.
T C Welsh 1973
These are the remains of shielings. There are four in number varying from 3.5 by 2.5m to 6.5 by 6m overall. One retains a wall up to 0.8m high of roughly-coursed large stone blocks to single block width; the other three are mainly reduced to turf and stone footings. The shielings lie in haughland, enclosed by an old bank, in a loop of the Achvoldrach Burn; rig and furrow cultivation is suspected but a heavy bracken overgrowth obscures the details.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 Visited by OS (JM) 5 September 1978
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG110 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1973. 'Achuvoldrach Burn, possible enclosed cremation cemetery; hut and mound; hut circle and enclosure; enclosures', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.57-58. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 57-58. 58 (enclosures).
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Record last edited
Aug 18 2016 2:59PM
