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MHG66276 - Revetment - Torrisdale

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The revetment is of stone-and-mortar for a 30 m stretch where the line runs to the NW and this area also forms an access point to the inhabited structures in the hinterland. To the NW of this more substantial section the line is continued for c 100 m with rubble piled up to six courses high.

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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.

Running along the west bank of the River Borgie and defining the division between the salt-marsh and the fields in the hinterland, is a stone-revetment. This has entirely collapsed in places, and in others stands to 4-5 courses (1-1.5 m) high. This revetment runs for over 115 m, running broadly S-N and then turning to run NW at the point where the mouth of the Borgie opens to its fullest. The revetment is of stone-and-mortar for a 30 m stretch where the line runs to the NW and this area also forms an access point to the inhabited structures in the hinterland. To the NW of this more substantial section the line is continued for c 100 m with rubble piled up to six courses high. A vehicle-track which follows the line of this revetment may have caused the soil to press against it and thus collapse. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6802 6160 (76m by 83m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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