Monument record MHG12827 - Burnt Mound, Shinness

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Grid reference Centred NC 5467 1504 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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NC51NW 30 5468 1504

This concentric burnt mound is situated on SW side of a low outcrop in open moorland about 180m NW of a forestry plantation. It measures 7m from ESE to WNW by 5m transversely and 0.7m in height; the hollow in its open side faces into boggy ground on the SSW and measures 2.2m in length by 2m across the mouth.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 17 October 1989.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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