MHG44777 - Hillfort, Struie Hill, Creag an Fhithich

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DYKE (Undated)

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Scheduled 11/2003 - HAW

Hillfort identified on top of this hill - see corres, photos etc in secondary file - HAW 5/2003

NH68NE 87 NH 684 867 Substantial denuded drystone dyke with silted V-shaped ditch to SW. Located at c.170m on knoll on E ridge of Struie Hill above Raven's Crag. Dyke cuts across ridge and has short returns at both ends. Probable ?estate boundary or stock control feature.
Tain Archaeological Group 1995.
Substantial denuded drystone dyke with silted V-shaped ditch to SW. Located at c. 170m on knoll on E ridge of Struie Hill above Raven's Crag. Dyke cuts across ridge and has short returns at both ends. Probable? estate boundary or stock control feature.
Tain Archaeology Group - 16.05.95.
See assoc. docs. File for SMR No. NH68NE0097.

J Aitken : 01/02/01.

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--- SHG476 Text/Publication/Article: TAG. 1995. 'Creag an Fhithich, Struie Hill (Edderton parish), probable stock control or land boundary dyke', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.43. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43. 43.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6839 8670 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH68NE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	EDDERTON

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Part of: Hillfort, Struie Hill, Creag an Fhithich (Monument) (MHG28583)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/132442 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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