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Dyke
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Dyke
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 6770
Site Number NC84NE 15
NGR NC 8674 4960
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6770
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC84NE 15 867 495.
A grass-covered, rectangular, two-chambered building, 8m by 4m by 0.3m high, surrounded by a enclosure wall.
R J Mercer 1980.
A possible farmstead comprising what may be a long building and a smaller building noted by Mercer, are depicted as unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxviii). They are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 August 1995.
