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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/97750
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Note
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
