Monument record MHG9385 - Dail Na Speireig

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Grid reference Centred NC 8995 4892 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC84NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC84NE 11 8995 4892.

NC 8995 4892. A grass and heather-covered head dyke about 1.5m long and 1.5m to 2.0m wide and a cairn-field of twenty-one heather-covered cairns about 1.5m in diameter and 1.0m high.
R J Mercer 1980.

Centred on NC 899 489 are twenty or so stony mounds typical of hut circle-associated field clearance. A head dyke abandoned in the 18/19th century cuts through the group.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 November 1980.

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  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 139-40, FOD 115-16; plan.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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