Monument record MHG12180 - Burnt Mound, Sithean Dubh Mor

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5134 1763 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Full Description

NC51NW 26 5134 1763

A burnt mound, set on the edge of a field-system which also includes a hut-circle (NC51NW 23) is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. The mound lies about 30m SW of the hut-circle. It is kidney-shaped with a central hollow aligned SSW-NNE, and measures 7m WNW-ESE by 5m transversely, standing up to 0.5m high. The hollow, which opens to the SSW, is 2m across the mouth, where a large stone is exposed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF) 15 October 1989.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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