Monument record MHG12653 - Burnt Mound, Loch Molach

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6343 3980 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC63NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Full Description

NC63NW 25 6344 3980.

(NC 635 398) Hut Circles and Enclosures (NR). (Ten shown, burnt mound classified in error at NC 6344 3980).
OS 6"map, (1964)

A burnt mound, situated adjacent to the Allt a Chnoic Leith and below the settlement of NC63NW 14, is 'U' shaped and heather-covered. It measures 7.5m N-S by 10.0m and 1.2m high with the open end in the S. The composition of the mound has been revealed by erosion of the burn's bank in the S, exposing a content of blackened earth, burnt stone and charcoal.
Revised at 1/10/000. Visited by OS (J B) 4 April 1977.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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