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MHG66243 - Dyke - Lamigo

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A short length of dry-stone dyke 2.5 m long running ENE-WSW.

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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.

On a steep, grassed slope at the foot of the crags and top of cliffs above a rock-beach is a short length of dry-stone dyke 2.5 m long running ENE-WSW. This wall survives to four, roughly-built courses (0.6 m) of angular stones. The lower courses of this wall are turf-clad and it is slumping down-slope toward the cliff. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 31/8/26)

Note; This dyke appears to be part of a larger field system associated with the building to the south west called Claisbhan. (TB 31/8/26)

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6504 6344 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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