Monument record MHG28131 - Burnt Mound (s x 3), Strath Brora

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Grid reference Centred NC 7286 0893 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC70NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ROGART

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NC70NW 118 7286 0893

This oval burnt mound is situated beside a small watercourse on the SW side of the valley of the River Brora. The main mound comprises two conjoined mounds measuring 8.5m from N to S by 4m transversely and 0.4m in height. Some 4m to the E a subsidiary mound measures 2.8m in diameter and 0.4m in height. Lifting a sod revealed black soil, charcoal and friable cracked stone.
(ROG95 60)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 22 March 1995

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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