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MHG66237 - Clearance cairns - Strathan Skerray

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A group of five small clearance-cairns, which have been dumped up against the base of the hinterland scarp.

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A township comprising twenty roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheets viii and xvii). The township containing nine roofed and three unroofed buildings is depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 9 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 west edge of a raised beach is a group of five small clearance-cairns, which have been dumped up against the base of the hinterland scarp, the largest of which is 6 m long by 2 m and stands 0.5 m high. This should be surveyed in conjunction with the township. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6434 6328 (60m by 51m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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