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MHG66278 - Dyke - Torrisdale

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On low-lying land on the south bank of a burn is a low, turf-clad bank.

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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.

On low-lying land on the south bank of a burn is a low, turf-clad bank. This bank extends for 29 m from the burn-edge, running W-E and at a slightly different alignment to the course of the burn. The bank is 2 m wide and has some stone in the fabric which is only evident by probing. This bank may have been placed here to stop the burn flooding when in spate. There is some damage to the bank from sheep-tracks. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6832 6107 (26m by 13m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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