Monument record MHG32086 - Grouse butt - Allt Ghimmer

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Grid reference Centred NC 8676 1437 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Grouse Butt.
This well-preserved, U-shaped grouse butt measures 2.5m across with 3m long sidewalls and an entrance opening to 131 degrees. The peat walls are 1m high at the interior leading edge (0.6m high externally) and are 0.6m thick, and the butt is set on the W side of a small burn in the upper reaches of Allt Ghimmer in a broad open valley. <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.64, Feature 238.

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Record last edited

May 20 2014 3:57PM

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