Monument record MHG31952 - Boundary Dyke - Allt Smeorail

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8507 1219 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Linear Boundary Dyke, NC 85076 12193 to NC 85141 12183.
A single line of boulders lines the N edge of the top of the steeply-incised valley of a small,l E-flowing tributary of Allt Smeòrail, defining the break of slope. The line follows the edge as it wavers down the small valley, and it has a 3m long, boulder dyke offshoot trending SW at the base of the break of slope, on the heather and bracken-covered lower river terrace. To the E of here, a 1m wide and 0.5m high spread tumble of small boulders, set 3m to the S of, and parallel with the small tributary, continues across the river terrace to the edge of the W bank of Allt Smeòrail, opposite the beginning of another boundary dyke on its E bank. <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.48, Feature 180.

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Record last edited

May 20 2014 2:29PM

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