Monument record MHG684 - Mound, Dunnet

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Grid reference Centred ND 2212 7036 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND27SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish DUNNET
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Mound (NR) OS 6" map, (1960)

The slight remains of a very large 'Pictish House'. (Not recorded by the RCAHMS)
Name Book 1873.

An amorphous, grass-covered mound about 25m diameter and about 1m high. There is nothing about it to classify it as an antiquity.
Visited by OS (I S S) 9 March 1972.

Mound, diameter 20m, height 2m. (Wrongly numbered 657 on distribution map.)
R J Mercer 1980.

No change. Visited by OS (J M) 21 April 1982.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 167, No. 658.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 3, 93.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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