MHG32091 - Grouse butt - Allt Ghimmer

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

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Grouse Butt.
This U-shaped grouse butt is also at an early stage of collapse at its open-ended, lower sidewalls, and measures 2.5m across and 3m deep. The leading edge peat wall still survives to 1m and is topped with long tufted grass, and all of the walls are up to 0.6m thick, with an entrance opening to 134 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.65, Feature 243.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8668 1470 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC81SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CLYNE

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

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