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MHG66064 - Dyke - Strathan

Summary

A fragmentary stone-and-turf dyke with a number of large orthostats protruding.

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A township, which comprises seventeen roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet vii). Eleven roofed and five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 9 August 1995.

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. The township of Strathan is described in the NMRS from cartographic sources. Within the area of this survey, there were three features recorded:

(a) Running from the west end of the township is a fragmentary stone-and-turf dyke with a number of large orthostats protruding. This dyke links up areas of outcrop until it reaches a point where it has been replaced by a more substantial dry-stone wall at the east end. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NC 5752 6487 (100m by 73m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC56SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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