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MHG60414 - Dyke - Gruinard Island

Summary

Field dyke on Gruinard Island

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A township comprising four unroofed buildings, three enclosures, one of which has four compartments, and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet xx). Three unroofed buildings, one roofed building attached to a two compartment enclosure, three other enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 February 1996 - see MHG21635 for main township record.

A survey of Gruinard Island was undertaken in 2018 by Jim Buchanan and Anne MacInnes with assistance from Gordon Grant and Karen Buchanan as part of a study of the island for Gairloch Museum.

Site 5. A field dyke. Some of the dykes comprised a line of large single boulders instead of constructed turf and stone dykes. A distinct difference. It is possible that these dykes, which were often on curving enclosure boundaries were much earlier, and associated with earlier roundhouses that have since been destroyed by subsequent building and land improvement. The deep moss made it impossible to investigate further. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 AP’s <2>

1st Edition OS 6" <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 9457 9339 (148m by 129m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG99SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	LOCHBROOM

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