Monument record MHG12951 - Enclosure, Braesgill

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Grid reference Centred NC 4734 5706 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC45NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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NC45NE 5 4734 5706.

(NC 4734 5706) Enclosure (NR) OS 6"map, (1961)

A D-shaped enclosure, situated on leval ground, probably of medieval or later date, within an area of cleared and formerly cultivated ground. It measures 14m NE-SW by 12m within a wall 2m wide and 0.5m high. No entrance is apparent.
Visited by OS (A C) 4 June 1959; Visible on RAF air photographs 106G.Scot.UK73: 4168-9.

This enclosure is probably associated with the depopulated settlement of Braesgill (See NC45NE 24).
Visited by OS (J M) 12 October 1978.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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