MHG11220 - Track - Rubha Na Tigh Shaille
Summary
This site is clearly visible as a hollowed way.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A short stretch of early 19th-century drove road is visible on the shore.
T C Welsh 1972o.
No certain evidence of a drove road was seen at any of the locations given by Welsh (see also NC36NE 62 and 63). Where visible, they appear to be farm tracks.
Visited by OS (JB) 28 April 1980.
A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.
Described in the NMRS as a drove-road by T C Welsh after a site visit in 1972, a classification disputed by OS after a site visit in 1978 (JB) when it was seen as a farm track, this site is clearly visible as a hollowed way. There are banks of 0.5-1 m in height at either side of a trackway which is visible from the S end of the promontory, running for 50 m to the foreshore. There is no bank evident at the seaward side of the track where it runs closest to the water and this may be evidence of erosion from the sea. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG253 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1972. 'Balnakeil, drove road', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1972, p.44-5. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 44-5. 44-5.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . Site 54.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3841 6560 (21m by 88m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/71525 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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