Meikle Ferry
Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Meikle Ferry
Classification Midden (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Muckle Ferry; Evelix Cottage
Canmore ID 14654
Site Number NH78NW 20
NGR NH 7280 8700
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14654
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NW 20 7280 8700
A midden, exposed in a section of the low cliff about 200 yards west of the landing place at the Muckle Ferry, Sutherland, contained shells, split bones and teeth showing the action of fire, and remains of deer, ox, horse, pig and goat or sheep as well as flakes and a knife or scraper of sandstone.
(Muckle Ferry presumably means Meikle Ferry (cf Jamieson) in which case the midden lies about NH 727 871)
J Jamieson 1818; S Laing 1870
NH 7280 8700. Exposed on an eroded cliff of sand and shingle for a distance of 5.0m are two bands of midden material, respectively 4.5m and 5.5m above HWM, the upper band 1.5m from the cliff top. Each layer is about 0.1m thick, sandwiched between bands of dark sandy soil. The upper midden comprises cockle and mussel shells and some traces of charcoal; the the lower level contains cockle, mussel and limpet shells, and one piece of unidentifiable bone was found.
Visited by OS (N K B), 5 December 1980
This has been a desk assessment area.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993.
Field Visit (2013 - 2014)
Nothing visible during field survey. May have eroded away.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2013
Field Visit (15 January 2014)
Intermittent marine shell (look like dog whelks) and dark stained sandy deposits visible in eroding face of sand dune.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 15 Jan 2014
