Monument record MHG32083 - Grouse butt - Allt Ghimmer
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8679 1421 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC81SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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Full Description
Grouse Butt.
Southernmost of a line of 10 (originally 11, according to OS 1:10000 scale map of 1962) grouse butts, trending NNW up the Allt Ghimmer valley floor (see Plate 34). It is 3m across x 2m deep, in a broad U-shape and has a 1m diameter internal area. The walls, entirely of peat turf, overgrown with a luxuriant cover of moss, lichen and sedge, are 1m thick and stand 0.8m high at its leading edge, and the entrance opposite opens to 102 degrees.
It is set on gently SE-sloping, moss and sedge-covered, peat bog hillside, on the SW bank of Allt Ghimmer, which is 30m to the NE, within the area identified for the siting of the turbines. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG21948 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.64, Feature 235.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 20 2014 3:49PM
