MHG65929 - Slipway/harbour - Geodh an Sgadain
Summary
An attempt to create a little harbour and slipway in the lea of a small headland?
Type and Period (3)
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.
This site is characterised by a length of stone bank which extends for at least 15 m across the intertidal zone and possibly further beyond the LWM. This stone bank is very ruinous and measures 1 m wide by 0.6 m high. There are a number of wooden pallets laid against the north side and there appears to have been an area of the intertidal zone immediately north of this again that has been cleared of stone. This would appear to be an attempt to create a little harbour and slipway in the lea of a small headland. The stone of the protecting wall has been disturbed by wave action. The line of this stone bank is continued up the steep slope at the hinterland by a ruinous dry-stone dyke which has been replaced by a modern fence. There is a great deal of land-slippage on the steep slope above the shore. <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. . p.99 Site 18.
- <2> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4502 6005 (23m by 17m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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