MHG65797 - Field system - Kyle of Durness
Summary
A small agricultural terrace.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
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 a grassed area above the cliffs on a promontory is a roughly triangular area defined by two turf banks at right-angles to each other and by cliff-edge with a slight bank along it. This last bank may actually be the result of wind blowing the turf back from the edge and creating a slight rise 2.5 m wide and 0.4 m high. The other two banks are man-made. The first runs E-W toward the cliff-edge, is 15 m long and measures 4 m wide and 0.5 m high and has a well defined ridge at the top. The second bank at right-angles to the first is 14 m long and measures 2.5 at wide and 0,3 m high. There are no obvious features within the banks. This may have been a small agricultural terrace. The E-W running bank is eroding at the cliff-edge. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <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 2/7.
- <2> SHG29455 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2023. Getmapping aerial photography 2023. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3619 6818 (72m by 78m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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