Monument record MHG9717 - Strathy

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8320 6609 (696m by 1582m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC86NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NC86NW 20.04 c. 833 658.

NC 8303 6591. A grass and heather covered bank, 1.5m long NE-SW and 0.5m broad with some stone visible.

NC 8335 6603. A House 8m, E-W by 5m across, now comprising a grass-covered bank, 0.5m high, with stone, and a structure 10m by 5m attached to a length of wall, two courses high.
NC 8328 6590. Fieldwalls now comprising a grass covered bank of stone 56m long N-S by 0.5m wide by 0.75m high.
NC 8335 6590. Two circular grass-covered stone banks, 2.5m and 2m in diameter and 0.5m high, with central hollows,
NC 8327 6584. A rectangular structure, 10m E-W by 5m across by 0.5m to 1m high, grass-covered, with stone protruding. It has one internal division and a fieldwall to the north and west.
NC 8326 6569. A grass-covered, rectangular structur, 40m NW-SE by 8m, defined by stone banks 0.5m high. Two circular mounds of stone lie inside.
NC 8332 6571. A rectilinear grass-covered structure, 6m N-S by 2m across, defined by grass banks, 0.2m high with stones protruding. A fieldwall runs off it to the NW.
NC 8344 6572. A fieldwall consisting of a low, grass-covered bank with some stone, 20m long E-W, 0.1m high and 0.5m wide.
NC 8337 6566. A rectangular structure, 8m E-W, by 4m across, defined by grass-covered stone walls, 0.5m high.
NC 8330 6561. A fieldwall 20m long E-W, comprising a grass-covered stone bank, 0.25m high. There is at least one possible rectangular structure to the S and an amorphous green patch.
NC 8342 6561. A fieldwall, 60m long and 0.5m wide, now comprising a grass bank, 0.25m high, with many stones protruding.
NC 8300 6555. A fieldwall 80m long, N-S, and 0.5m wide, now comprising
a grass bank, 0.75m high, with stones protruding.
R J Mercer 1981.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R J. 1981. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: volume II, 1980-81. University of Edinburgh. 30/12/1981. Paper and Digital. 126-7, Nos. 198-209.

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2016 9:54AM

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