Monument record MHG32091 - Grouse butt - Allt Ghimmer

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Grid reference Centred NC 8668 1470 (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 U-shaped grouse butt is also at an early stage of collapse at its open-ended, lower sidewalls, and measures 2.5m across and 3m deep. The leading edge peat wall still survives to 1m and is topped with long tufted grass, and all of the walls are up to 0.6m thick, with an entrance opening to 134 degrees. <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.65, Feature 243.

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Record last edited

May 20 2014 3:58PM

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