MHG31913 - Boundary Dyke - Breac-achadh

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BOUNDARY DYKE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)

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Linear Boundary Dyke, NC 84535 11647 to NC 84504 11604.
Low bank, 0.4m high, 0.8m wide, constructed of boulders and turf, on SE side of small, SW-flowing burn. It crosses under a plantation boundary fence to the NE, and trends 2360 to join the N corner of the rectangular enclosure of Feature 130 (above) to the SW, crossing uneven, boggy ground, sloping SW towards a small tributary of Allt a’Bhreac-achaidh. <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.37, Feature 131.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8453 1164 (50m by 50m) (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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