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MHG661785 - Building - Ard Thunga

Summary

A 5 m by 5 m mortared stone structure.

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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.

On the SW side of Ard Thunga is a 5 m by 5 m mortared stone structure. The walls of this building survive to nine courses (c 1.9 m high). The top of the north wall is flush with the raised ground at the rear that has been built up for the modern road causeway across the Kyle. The NE corner is abutted by the massive boulder revetment of that road. There is an opening for a door in the west wall that is 1 m wide and survives to 1.5 m high. The interior of the structure is now filled with boulder-rubble and tumble that appears to have been pushed in from above, probably at the time the causeway was constructed. This building relates to the older ferry across the Kyle and may have been used to signal the ferryman when moored at the far side (west) of the Kyle. The building is only about 1 m from the HWM at the south and has been badly affected by the construction of the causeway at the north. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5814 5855 (8m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC55NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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