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Garskelly Burn

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

Site Name Garskelly Burn

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

Canmore ID 14823

Site Number NH79NW 35

NGR NH 715 979

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Dornoch
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NH79NW 35 715 979

NH 7172 9798. Ruinous sheepfold. Early modern.

Visited by OS (N K B) 21 October 1980.

A farmstead comprising an unroofed building in an area of cultivation, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet cix). Two unroofed buildings, a circular enclosure and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 November 1995

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