Monument record MHG12414 - Kinvonvie

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6006 0664 (107m by 112m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC60NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Full Description

NC60NW 12 600 070.

(Centred NC 6007 0707) Tumuli (NR)
OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1873)

A group of about a dozen mounds from 12ft to 18ft in diameter and about 3ft high.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

Small, grass-covered mounds which appear to be stone clearance heaps. Revised at 1/12500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 28 June 1963.

Centred at NC 600 070 are fifteen to twenty closely-grouped field clearance heaps; some 150.0m to the E further heaps occur about 20.0m apart spread over an area of one and a half hectares. No cultivation plots or hut circles are evident at either location.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 October 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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. . 145, No. 415.

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2016 11:01AM

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