Monument record MHG53070 - Kyle of Durness East

Summary

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Location

Grid reference NC 3763 6691 (point) (Approximate)
Map sheet NC36NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

50m ENE + WSW x 50m NNW - SSE.
A line of 5 or 6 lazybeds which curve down the 30m contour towards the boggy low-lying ground. These features are very faint and best viewed from afar in favourable light so quite difficult to survey. The beds are about 2m wide.

The lower lying boggy ground shows linear ditches - probably suggesting an attempt to reclaim the ground and stretch these beds to the SW but impossible to guess the phasing here.
On ground sloping gently from 3 0m contour to boggy ground in basin below.
Views S and SW to Kyle of Durness.
Medieval/post medieval field. Possibly associated with activity noted in site 54 but that site is on the higher flatter ground and the clearance cairns are not directly related to these beds
Recommendations: None. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Dataset/Database File: Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). 2003. Site gazetteer: Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness. Site 55.
  • <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 55.

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2010 10:24AM

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