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Harris, Ardvey

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Harris, Ardvey

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Aird Mhighe

Canmore ID 122302

Site Number NG08NE 5

NGR NG 0786 8703

NGR Description centred on NG 0786 8703

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Harris
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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A township comprising twenty roofed, one partially roofed, two unroofed buildings, eight enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Harris 1882, sheet xxiii). Fifteen roofed, eleven unroofed buildings, three enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 March 1997

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