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MHG65641 - Dyke - Allt A' Bhuilg

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Remains of a dyke to the west of the Allt A' Bhuilg.

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A well constructed drystone dyke was recorded during an NTS pre-afforestation survey of Kintail and West Affric in 1997. It formed a boundary along the W side of the Allt a'Bhuilg. It was c.0.8m wide and up to 1.3m high with flat stone slab capping. Its NE end had been partially cut away by the burn. In places the remains of cast-iron fence posts could be seen, which presumably capped the top of the wall (see MHG60107). This dyke was the successor to a fragmentary turf and stone dyke that survived parallel to it and c.20m to the SE. This earlier boundary was c.0.2m high and c.1m wide and was only visible for c.25m. Only the stone dyke is shown on the earlier OS surveys. The earlier dyke may well mark the township boundary between Achadhinrean and Achnagart, and seemed to have been maintained as a field boundary when sheep farming was established here. <1>

A short stretch of dyke is visible in aerial photography and is presumably the shorter, presumed earlier township boundary dyke, referred to in the 1997 survey. It can be seen to run for c.48m southwestwards from the burn at which point it abuts, or is overlain by the later dyke. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 9571 1721 (53m by 23m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG91NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	GLENSHIEL

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