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MHG41938 - Field System - Poll Tigh a' Charraigein

Summary

A field system comprising ruined field dykes and areas of cleared cultivated land and pasture.

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A walkover survey in February 2000 identified features associated with this field system.

7; The visible sections of these dykes form no complete enclosures but are prusurnably part of a larger pattern of dykes no longer visible.. The main section of dyke runs westwards down a hillside, carves south round a knoll, loops NE up a small burn then eastward up the hillside, A second section of dyke runs from just south of this to the SW before curving NW round a knoll and becoming indistinct. There is one round storage structure immediately to the west of a prominent split boulder, just south of the loop in the main section of dyke. A further oval shaped structure measuring 2.5m by 1.8m lies on the hill slope to the north of this loop.

8; A turf and stone dyke runs northwest from the Allt Mor, curving NE then NW to probably originally enclose the entire area of high ground to the north of the settlement (site no. 9) although it can no longer be traced beyond northernmost point. The brae to the west of the Allt Mor has been previously cultivated as indicated by the grass and bracken ground cover. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 16067 28398 (600m by 600m) (3 map features)
Map sheet	NC12NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ASSYNT

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