Clune Wood
Head Dyke (Post Medieval)
Site Name Clune Wood
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 217893
Site Number NH63NW 75
NGR NH 6065 3475
NGR Description 6065 3475 to 6105 3600 and 6119 3595 to 6140 3574
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63NW 75 from 6065 3475 to 6105 3600 and 6119 3595 to 6140 3574
Traces of a drystone dyke, running from NE to SW along the NE-facing slope, were noted during a forestry survey at Clune Hill. A;lthough parts of the dyke are obscured by gorse, it may be traced from about NH 6065 3475, above Dores, to about NH 6105 3600 near the former Manse. A small section of dyke and an earthen bank run NW from the main dyke at NH 6085 3551. It appears to be the head-dyke separating Clune farm from the hill ground on the SW.
The dyke is possibly of 19th century date and appears to predate Clune Wood.
J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 11 June1999, NMRS MS/961/58, no.6
