MHG65691 - Sub-rectangular house footing - Kyle of Durness
Summary
The oval footings of a building.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
An oval hut 6m by 3.5m and an enclosure 11m square.
T C Welsh 1972.
An early modern, sub-rectangular house footing and enclosure.
Visited by OS (JB) 28 April 1980.
A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.
On the west side of the Kyle, on level ground below a crag on the 50 m contour is a roughly square enclosure measuring 13 m by 13 m by 15 m by 12 m. This enclosure is defined by one or two courses (0.4 m high) of boulders which are particularly large at the NW corner where they appear to mark an entrance. This enclosure is straddled by a modern fence and may be associated with rig-and-furrow noted to the south. The oval footings of a building were located 30 m to the SW of the enclosure and measured 5 m SE-NW by 3 m and were characterized by stone under dense heather. This elaborates on the descriptions offered in the NMRS after site visits by T C Welsh in 1972 and OS (JB) in 1980. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG402 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1972. 'Cape Wrath, small sites', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1972, p.42. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 42. 42.
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . Site 8.
- <2> SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3719 6579 (5m by 5m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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