MHG11941 - Durness Settlement
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- None recorded
Full Description
Dr Close-Brooks notes the generally older houses gable-end on to road, newer houses side-on. Narrow crofts run back from houses.
Information from Dr J Close-Brooks 1986.
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.
At the head of Sango Bay is the Post-Improvement crofting township of Durness, including Sangomore. This is as represented on the OS 1:10 560 map (1961). The only element of this township which formally comes into the survey area is the seaward end of the long cultivation strips which cover an area of some 700 m by 100 m between the northern group of houses at the roadside and the cliff-edge. These fields are defined by both dry-stone dykes and wire fences. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <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. . P.69 Site 10.
- <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 4035 6788 (1027m by 1357m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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- https://trove.scot/place/4955 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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