MHG53035 - Loch Borralie West
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- WALL (Unknown date)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Length of denuded stone walling, 16.8 m NNW/SSE, constructed of large rounded and angular boulders and smaller rubble. Only survives to one course and spreads up to 1.8 m wide. 3.4 m to the NE is an amorphous spread of stones which may be a collapsed/eroded cairn, 2.5 m long N/S x 1.2 m E/W.
In base of large sandblow, c 2 m below surrounding ground level.
Field boundary or enclosure wall. Possibly part of same buried landscape as site 15.
Recommendations: Monitor. <1><2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG24622 Dataset/Database File: Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). 2003. Site gazetteer: Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness. Site 16.
- <2> SHG24621 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Lelong, O and MacGregor, G. 2003. Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness: Project 950. Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD). Digital. Site 16.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | NC 3774 6673 (point) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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