Monument record MHG12253 - Site of Several Possible Burial Cairns/Mounds, Cnoc Bearg

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 0362 2772 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC02NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT
Old County SUTHERLAND

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC02NW 5 0362 2772.

(Centred NC 0362 2772) Tumuli (NR) (Ten shown - two obscured by ornament)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

Noted but not described. RCAHMS 1911.

A number of small burial mounds or hummocks near the broch (NC02NW 2) with which it is supposed they are associated in time. Name Book 1875.

There is no trace of any cairns or mounds in the position indicated on the OS map. Visited by OS (G H P) 10 May 1962.

No further indication. Visited by OS (A A) 31 July 1974.

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 28 July 1980.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 3.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 18, 155.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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