Caithness Coastal Survey

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Date 1980 - 1982

Event ID 554151

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/554151

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
607431	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	Standing stones. Extending over an area of 6 x 5.50m, eight small standing stones of average height 0.30m. No obvious pattern. On the S side of the geo adjacent to Skirza broch. Elevation c.33m. ND 3943 6840. [...]	1980
607281	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	The trench is about 13m long and 4m deep. Many grass-covered foundations of structures of unknown period can be seen on the landward side of the promontory on either side of a raised central track. There is slight erosion of the promontory only on the E side. [...]	1980
607610	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	A large, low-lying, grass-covered prehistoric mound 35m by 40m by 1-2m high, with quarrying revealing stone work, lintel slabs and curving walled passage noted on west side of mound. [...]	1980

Caithness Coastal Survey

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