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Caen Burn

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Caen Burn

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 97750

Site Number ND01NW 71

NGR ND 011 187

NGR Description centred on NC 011 187

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kildonan
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

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A township comprising six unroofed buildings, four enclosures, two areas of cultivation and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxxix). Eight unroofed buildings, four enclosures and two phases of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1964). One of the head-dykes includes two hut-circles (ND01NW 29 and ND01NW 30) along its course.

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 October 1995

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