MHG65828 - Field system - An Fharaid
Summary
A field-system defined by slight drainage-cuts and faint upcast banks.
Type and Period (1)
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 the grassland in the middle of the promontory there is a field-system defined by slight drainage-cuts and faint upcast banks. One long ditch and bank defines the outside edge of the system, within which there are at least four distinct fields. A large, later dry-stone dyke cuts this system with the fields being mostly to the north, but with the drainage-cuts continuing under the dyke to the south. All of the features at this site are very ephemeral (ditches 0.1 m deep; banks 0.05 m high) and require favourable light for surveying, <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2020 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 52.
- <2> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3929 6988 (144m by 218m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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