Monument record MHG31866 - Peat cuttings - Cnoc a' Ghrianain

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8372 1229 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Full Description

Peat Cuttings.
N corner of self-contained old peat cuttings, cut into a short heather and grass-covered, 6 degrees W-sloping, flat moorland hillside. The NW edge of the cuttings trends 230 degrees to 283668 912238, where it turns at right-angles towards the SE for 10m, before turning again at right-angles at its S corner, to trend parallel to the NW side to the E corner, which is 10m from the original NW corner on a bearing of 110 degrees.

Attached to the E corner is a further rectangular area of old peat cuttings, trending 110 degrees obliquely uphill for 60m, and extending for 10m out from the NE side. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lindsay N. 2003. Report on Walk-Over Archaeological Survey: Proposed Windfarm Access Route, Gordonbush, Sutherland. Unaffiliated. 03/03/2003. Paper (Copy). p.24, Feature 079.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 20 2014 11:13AM

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