MHG31876 - Grouse butt - Cnoc a' Ghrianain

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GROUSE BUTT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

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Grouse Butt.
Low, 4m diameter, disused grouse butt, cut into the hillside at its upper edge and built up at its lower edge and sides. There is a slight, 0.2m thick lip on the uphill side and the heavily eroded sidewalls, with some visible stone in their construction, survive to 0.3m high and 0.4m wide. The central area is very boggy and the former entrance opens to 303 degrees. <1>

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<1> SHG21948 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lindsay N. 2003. Report on Walk-Over Archaeological Survey: Proposed Windfarm Access Route, Gordonbush, Sutherland. Unaffiliated. 03/03/2003. Paper (Copy). p.27, Feature 089.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8344 1214 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC81SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CLYNE

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Walkover Survey - Proposed Windfarm Access Route, Gordonbush (EHG998)

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