Extending from beneath the dune, across a sandy beach into the area covered by high water on the W side of the Kyle of Tongue is a possible dry-stone wall. This wall is constructed of large, blocky boulders and smaller angular stones, possibly wall-skins with a rubble core but the stones have been disturbed. The wall is presently c 2 m wide and extends S across the beach for c 65 m. The second section of walling broadens out from this to become a spread or band of boulders, the maximum width of which is 15 m across the S end. Also at this end are three concentrations of stones which could be the remains of an earlier pier or building, but which has been covered over by sand and the encroaching tide. These concentrations are arc-like and oval in shape, with some evidence of facing on the S side. Another two spreads lie to the N of this. This concentration of features have been covered by sand but are now being eroded and disturbed by tidal action.
26/05/2013 - The OS 6 inch 1st edition shows that this rubble feature must be the remains of the seaward end of a boundary wall. It is now in the intertidal zone. The wall is not shown on the revised edition so the coast edge must have changed/retreated during the mid -late 19th century. To the west, a linear spread of large angular rubble extending for c. 300m is the remains of the former position of the coast edge as shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS mapping.
Location
258725.00
960620.00
27700
58.5107536
-4.4266558
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
26/05/2013
Line of rubble marking former position of coast edge, looking west southwest
training1
26/05/2013
Former boundary wall, looking SW
joannahambly
26/05/2013
North end of wall disappearing into dune, looking north
joannahambly
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
997
26/05/2013
evelix
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Intertidal
Coastally eroding?
active sea erosion
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Visibility in section
Not visible
Access
accessible - difficult terrain
Local knowledge
don't know
Description
Extending from beneath the dune, across a sandy beach into the area covered by high water on the W side of the Kyle of Tongue is a possible dry-stone wall. This wall is constructed of large, blocky boulders and smaller angular stones, possibly wall-skins with a rubble core but the stones have been disturbed. The wall is presently c 2 m wide and extends S across the beach for c 65 m. The second section of walling broadens out from this to become a spread or band of boulders, the maximum width of which is 15 m across the S end. Also at this end are three concentrations of stones which could be the remains of an earlier pier or building, but which has been covered over by sand and the encroaching tide. These concentrations are arc-like and oval in shape, with some evidence of facing on the S side. Another two spreads lie to the N of this. This concentration of features have been covered by sand but are now being eroded and disturbed by tidal action.
26/05/2013 - The OS 6 inch 1st edition shows that this rubble feature must be the remains of the seaward end of a boundary wall. It is now in the intertidal zone. The wall is not shown on the revised edition so the coast edge must have changed/retreated during the mid -late 19th century. To the west, a linear spread of large angular rubble extending for c. 300m is the remains of the former position of the coast edge as shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS mapping.