Loch Borralie
Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Borralie
Classification Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4807
Site Number NC36NE 45
NGR NC 3801 6740
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC36NE 45 3801 6740.
At NC 3801 6740 exposed within a sand dune is a shell midden comprising two small heaps of shells just protruding above the sand. Each heap is about 3.0 m across and they are 10.0 m apart; scattered shells lie between them. They comprise limpet, mussel and winkle shells; in the SW heap the winkles are clearly heaped together. Close by, small piles of stones in the sand may be field clearance.
Visited by OS (J B) 24 November 1978.
