Monument record MHG12381 - Possible Cairn, Cnoc an Airbhe

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5833 6199 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC56SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish TONGUE

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NC56SE 16 5843 6205 to 5837 6170.

NC 5843 6205-NC 5837 6170. A line of five small cairns runs NNE-SSW across the west side of the summit of Cnoc an Airbhe. They range in size from 2.5m to 3.5m in diameter two of them being mere outlines. A stone axehead is said to have been found in one of them about 1963.
T C Welsh 1973; Information from T C Welsh 23 July 1973

Only four mounds largely of bare stone can be identified of those mentioned by Welsh. They are not perfectly in line nor are they regularly spaced. The alignment is within a degree or two of N-S. The two northern examples stand to 0.3m high whereas the southern pair survive only as a surface layer of stone. They are not burial cairns, being too small, with no cist or kerb evident. They could be clearance heaps though there is no evident of cleared ground, or their origin could be more recent.
Mackay (Information from Mr A G MacKay 142 Skinnet, Talmine) states that Mr A Barnett, Skinnet, now deceased, found a stone axe in one mound while quarrying stone about 1925; he believes the axe was placed in Dunrobin Museum. Mackay has no knowledge of a find around 1963. He further states that the mounds have been interferred with by children through the years.
Visited by OS (JB) 16 September 1977

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1973. 'Cnoc an Airbhe, small cairns, huts', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.57. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 57. 57, (small cairns).

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Aug 5 2016 4:02PM

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