Monument record MHG53035 - Loch Borralie West

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Grid reference NC 3774 6673 (point) (Approximate)
Map sheet NC36NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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Length of denuded stone walling, 16.8 m NNW/SSE, constructed of large rounded and angular boulders and smaller rubble. Only survives to one course and spreads up to 1.8 m wide. 3.4 m to the NE is an amorphous spread of stones which may be a collapsed/eroded cairn, 2.5 m long N/S x 1.2 m E/W.
In base of large sandblow, c 2 m below surrounding ground level.
Field boundary or enclosure wall. Possibly part of same buried landscape as site 15.
Recommendations: Monitor. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Dataset/Database File: Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). 2003. Site gazetteer: Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness. Site 16.
  • <2> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lelong, O and MacGregor, G. 2003. Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness: Project 950. Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). Digital. Site 16.

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2010 10:24AM

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