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Allt A' Bhuilg
Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allt A' Bhuilg
Classification Boundary Wall (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 317505
Site Number NG91NE 19
NGR NG 9572 1723
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/317505
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (3 April 1997 - 3 April 1997)
A well-constructed drystone dyke forms a boundary along the W side of the Allt a'Bhuilg. It is c0.8m wide amd up to 1.3m high with flat stone slab capping. Its NE end has been partially cut away by the burn. In places the remains of cast-iron fence posts can be seen, which presumably capped the top of the wall. This dyke is the successor to a fragmentary turf and stone dyke that survives parallel to it and c20m to the SE. This earlier boundary is c0.2m high and c1m wide and is only visible for c25m.
Only the stone dyke is shown on the earlier OS surveys.
The earlier dyke may well mark the township boundary between Achadhinrean and Achnagart, and seems to have been maintained as a field boundary when sheep farming was established here.
Information from NTS: KIN032 (JH and JW) 3rd April 1997
NTS Survey
