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Shebster

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Shebster

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 7978

Site Number ND06SW 49

NGR ND 012 641

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Reay
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND06SW 49 012 641.

A sub-circular enclosure, c. 12 - 14m internal diameter, surviving as an earthwork, is situated in rough pasture c. 90m OD on the lower SW-facing slope of Hill of Shebster. There is a low discontinuous bank on the W and S sides, cut into the hillside on the N and E. No sign of a ditch. (Information from R J Mercer.)

A F Harding and G E Lee 1987.

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