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Allt Saigh
Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Allt Saigh
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 132562
Site Number NH41NW 17
NGR NH 4374 1960
NGR Description From NH 4374 1960 to NH 4493 2019
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH41NW 17 from 4374 1960 to 4493 2019
A substantial turf-built dyke, possibly a head-dyke, running over the S-facing slope between the Allt Saigh and the Allt Ruighe Bhacain was recorded during a pre-afforestation survey by Wordsworth Archaeological Services (NMRS MS 961/25, no.3). The dyke has decayed to a spread 2m wide by up to 0.4m high.
J Kendrick and J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 15 December 1997; NMRS MS 961/25, no.3
NH 437 193 An archaeological watching brief, occasioned by a Woodland Grant Scheme application, was conducted on the construction of a new access track which would cut through a dyke associated with the remains of a small cluster of buildings and enclosures (NMRS NH41NW 16). No clear structure to the dyke was visible within the area removed by the machine, nor in the upstanding section.
Sponsor: Tilhill Economic Forestry.
G Robins 1998
