Thesaurus Term/Concept: CONSUMPTION DYKE

Identifier -383
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Candidate
Index? Yes
Scope Note A dyke, often of great thickness, built to consume stone cleared from the land as part of the agricultural improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries. (RCAHMS)

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Context Record
Monument Type MHG53495 Boundary or consumption dyke, Rogie Burn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG52885 Consumption dyke, Mellon Charles (Monument)
Monument Type MHG52890 Consumption dyke, Mellon Charles (Monument)
Monument Type MHG51503 Consumption dykes at 24 Mellon Charles (Monument)
Monument Type MHG53924 Irregular stone dyke, Sciberscross (Monument)
Monument Type MHG53151 Loch Borralie North-west (Monument)