MHG66031 - Dry-stone walling - Loch Eriboll
Summary
A length of dry-stone walling evident over a 22 rn stretch.
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.
In the intertidal zone in Loch Eriboll there is a length of dry-stone walling evident over a 22 rn stretch. This feature is on the same line as a modern fence which runs up into the hills at the west. The remnants of this site are covered in seaweed and barnacles and is clearly entirely submerged at high tide. The walling is 0.7-1 m wide, being at its widest at the landward end, and survives to a maximum of 2 -3 courses or less than 0.5 m high. The line of the walling runs E-W before curving to the north c 17 m from the landward end. This feature is very ruinous and is being pulled apart by water action. This feature may be an additional landing-place to that noted in the NMRS, but the six digit grid reference supplied for this makes it difficult definitively to tie in the two (see no 15 below). Alternatively, it may simply be the remnants of a boundary formerly on land, but now in an inundated area.<1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 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 131 Site 13.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3993 5598 (94m by 68m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC35NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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