Monument record MHG28044 - Burnt Mound, Torbreck Burn

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Grid reference Centred NC 7030 0642 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC70NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ROGART

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NC70NW 4.02 7030 0642

This oval burnt mound, situated on the W bank of the Torbreck Burn, immediately N of the township head-dyke (NC70NW 4.01), measures 6.9m from E to W by 5m transversely and 0.9m in height, with a slight indentation in the S side of the mound. Lifting a sod revealed cracked stone and charcoal set in a matrix of black soil. A mound to the S is of natural origin.
(ROG95 379)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 5 July 1995

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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