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MHG66266 - Dyke - Airdtorrisdale

Summary

A dry-stone dyke which runs SE-NW upslope for over 50 m.

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This township comprises forty-three roofed buildings and eight unroofed structures as it is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xvii). Twenty-four unroofed buildings, two roofed buildings, and five unroofed structures are depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 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.

At the east end of Torrisdale is a dry-stone dyke which runs SE-NW upslope for over 50 m. The seaward end of this dyke is of stone-and-turf construction, and it serves to revet the cliff wall as it curves around to the east; it also forms a small staircase of five steps, which are 0.6 m wide with a 0.7 m faII. This leads to an earth trackway which runs to a sheltered beach. The slope below the steps is also reveted for the first 3 m. Some of the stone has tumbled off the line of the wall. To be surveyed as part of the township. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6812 6223 (43m by 58m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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