Monument record MHG12940 - Burnt Mound, Creagan Na Beinne

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Grid reference Centred NC 4759 5858 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC45NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DURNESS

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NC45NE 14 4760 5858.

At NC 4760 5858, on the S side of a burn, is an oval burnt mound, measuring 8.0m E-W by 3.5m transversely and 0.9m high. The content of heat-stained friable stone is exposed in the edge of the mound. There is no trace of hut circles or a field system in the immediate vicinity; the nearest huts are respectively 400m and 500m away (see NC45NE 15 & 16). Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 October 1978.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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