Monument record MHG19703 - Cuthill Links

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Grid reference Centred NH 7429 8729 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH78NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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A 10m by 10m box transect laid out over 70m across exposed gravels to N of main dune/midden systems. Surface collection indicated a general light background scatter of lithics. A concentration of material was noted in one box, possibly indicating the location of a working area. This box produced 64 pieces of quartz debitage, 2 pieces of chert debitage and a flake of ?pitchstone.
Tain Archaeology Group 1994f.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Tain Archaeology Group. 1994. 'Cuthill Links Survey (Stage 2) (Dornoch parish): lithics scatters and midden deposits', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1994, p.43-4. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43-4. 43.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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