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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 651424
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/651424
NC86NW 9 84387 65268
Not to be confused with NC86NW 37 and NC86NW 48 or 51
For Free Church Manse see NC86NW 31
See architecture.
NC 844 652 to NC 876 651 Archaeological desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey were conducted in May and June 2001 in relation to proposed improvements to the A836 road along a c 4km stretch between Strathy and Melvich. The study corridor was c 100m wide centred on the existing carriageway. Thirty-four sites were identified, of which only the listed church, manse and school of Strathy Free Church (NMRS NC86NW 9 and NC86NW 31 and 40) were previously recorded.
A linear earthwork of uncertain function and antiquity, comprising a ditch flanked by low upcast banks, was identified in an area of extensive sandstone quarrying adjacent to Strathy Free Church.
Report to be lodged with Highland SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: Highland Council.
A J Dunwell 2001
