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MHG66160 - Dykes - Kyle of Tongue (W)

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In the intertidal zone on the west side of the Kyle of Durness are three parallel stone lines running N-S.

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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 on the west side of the Kyle of Durness are three parallel stone lines running N-S. The most easterly of these is visible along 15 m and consists of one course of large boulders. A few metres to the W of this is a 6O m long stretch of one course of large boulders. Immediately W of this are four piles of stone-rubble which are located 7 m, 13 m, 21 m and 3O m S of the N end of the stone-alignment and measure 1 m by 1 m, 2.5 m N-S by 2 m, 1.75 m by 1.75 m and 2 m N-S by 1.75 m respectively. A few metres to the W of these is another line of large boulders which is 45 m long. These features do not appear to be related to
seafaring activity as the orientation is wrong. This either represents an area of the agricultural landscape that has badly eroded into the Kyle, or an attempt to modify the intertidal zone for fishing or perhaps mussel or oyster-farming. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 19/8/26)

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5661 5695 (24m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC55NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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