Monument record MHG31909 - Potato Pits, Allt a' Bhreac-achaidh

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Grid reference Centred NC 8470 1147 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Tattie Pits.
SE end of prominent 75m long, 5m high, whale-back shaped, heather-covered moraine ridge, trending 310 degrees, on the NE bank of Allt a’Bhreac-achaidh, into which a series of 8 ‘tattie’ pits, 0.3-0.4m deep and up to 2m diameter, has been dug into its crest (see Plate 19). The NW end of ridge is 2m to the SE of the existing track and the nearest ‘tattie’ pit is 25m from the track’s SE edge. <1>

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  • <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.37, Feature 132.

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May 20 2014 12:08PM

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