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Dyke
Shieling (Post Medieval)
Site Name Dyke
Classification Shieling (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 6827
Site Number NC85SE 22
NGR NC 8795 5125
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6827
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC85SE 22 8795 5125.
A shieling, 12m by 5m by 2m high, raised on a mound beside a stream. It lies NE-SW with walls 0.75m wide, is subrectangular, subdivided, has no obvious entrance and is covered with mossy grass and bracken.
R J Mercer 1980.
