Archaeology Notes

Event ID 645632

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HY43SW 32 4105 3284 to 4100 3264.

HY 4105 3284 to HY 4100 3264. Treb Dyke, 'Green Gairsty': A round-profiled earthwork, spread to 4 m or more in width and with a height of 0.3 to 0.8m, runs straight down a steep slope from 60m OD to the cliff edge; it is composed of earth with occasional slabs and boulders. There is no trace of it above the public road at 60m OD. (For notes on 'treb dykes', see HY43SW 31)

Visited by R G Lamb 1979.

H Marwick 1923; H Marwick 1924; RCAHMS 1982.

Scheduled as Green Gairsty, dyke 740m E of Langskaill.

Information from Historic Scotlad, scheduling document dated 14 January 2002.