EHG15 - Walkover survey - Little Assynt
Technique(s)
Organisation
Catherine Dagg
Date
May 1999
Description
A rapid walk-over survey was conducted over an area affected by the proposed Woodland Grant Scheme, concentrating on the smaller area where planting was most likely to take place, but giving consideration to the wider area where planting might be considered. The object of the survey was to identify features of archaeological interest and to recommend actions which could be taken to mitigate the effects of planting on these features. The walk-over survey was carried out on May 13-14th 1999 in generally sunny conditions. The Highland Council's Sites and Monuments Register was consulted for information on archaeological sites already recorded for the area of the survey. The area is on Lewisian Gneiss, producing a landscape of knolls and ridges of bare fissured rock, numerous small lochans and deep peat bogs. In a landscape of mostly heather, grassy flushes on the lower slopes stand out in the springtime, and there are stands of natural woodland in many sheltered areas, as well as considerable tree regeneration indicating low grazing pressure. <1>
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Location
Location | Little Assynt, Assynt |
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Grid reference | Centred NC 1572 2639 (3508m by 2830m) (2 map features) |
Map sheet | NC12NE |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ASSYNT |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Related Monuments/Buildings (35)
- MHG642345 Building - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64239 Clearance cairns - Torr Ban, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG12245 Crofting Township - Loch Beannach (Monument)
- MHG642377 Enclosed cultivation area - Cnoc a' Bhainne, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64296 Enclosed knoll - Torran Beaga, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64298 Enclosed knoll - Torran Beaga, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642379 Enclosing dyke - Ruigh Ruadh, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642372 Enclosure - Loch an Ruigheim, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642373 Enclosure - Loch an t-Sabhail, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG45142 Field system - Ruigh Ruadh (Monument)
- MHG642388 Grassy area with structures - Loch Beannach, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64299 Grassy cultivation areas - Torran Beaga, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642344 Oval structure - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642389 Possible causeway - Loch Beannach, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642370 Possible crannog - Lochan a'Mhanaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642369 Possible enclosure - Lochan a'Mhanaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG11289 Shieling Settlement - Doire Beathaig (Monument)
- MHG642340 Shielings - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG53699 Shielings - Loch Beannach (Monument)
- MHG11279 Shielings - Ruigh Ruadh (Monument)
- MHG64295 Stone dyke - Lon na Smeoraich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642346 Turf and later drystone dyke - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642342 Turf dyke - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642343 Turf dyke - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642371 Turf dyke - Loch an t-Sabhail/ Lochan a'Mhanaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642384 Turf dyke - Loch Beannach, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642375 Turf dyke - Loch Doirean Rairidh/Loch Gleannan a'Choit, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642376 Turf dyke - Loch Doirean Rairidh/Loch Gleannan a'Choit, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642374 Turf dyke - Lochan a'Mhanaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64291 Turf dyke - Lon an Ruighe Ruadh, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64293 Turf dyke - Lon an Ruighe Ruadh, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64297 Turf dykes - Lon na Smeoraich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642341 Turf-covered structure - Leitir Easaich, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG642378 Two storage structures - Ruigh Ruadh, Assynt (Monument)
- MHG64237 Wall - Torr Ban, Assynt (Monument)
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Record last edited
Jun 9 2025 12:02PM