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MHG66244 - Platform and clearnce cairns - Lamigo

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Three features associated with an agricultural landscape.

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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 grassed, sloping terrace at the head of the beach at Lamigo Bay are three features associated with an agricultural landscape. There is a possible clearance-cairn at the west of this area which is represented by stones roughly heaped-up in a line 2.5 m long and 0.7 m high. At the east of this, 19 m away, is a sub-rectangular, flat terrace which measures 13 m (N-S) by 4 m. The west side of this terrace appears to have been cut into the slope and the north side is well-defined, although the south side is indistinguishable from the slope. The surface area of this terrace has slight changes of level although no clear banks. This may be the level foundation for a structure. To the north of this feature is a heap of stones 1.8 m in diameter and 0.5 m high and mostly turf-clad. This is possibly a clearance-cairn. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6508 6335 (15m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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