Monument record MHG9415 - Creag Nan Caorach
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8726 3055 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC83SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | KILDONAN |
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Full Description
NC83SE 3 8726 3056.
(NC87263056) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)
A cairn, previously noted (RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909), sited on a change of slope, high up in a SW-facing hillside, overlooking a field system associated with hut-circles. (See NC 83 SE 2 ). It is 8.0m diameter by 0.7m high. The cairn reduces from piled bare stone in the centre to a low heather-covered, but fairly well-defined, peripheral extent. There is no trace of a chamber or cist.
Visited by OS (J M) 26 January 1977 and (E G C) 22 May 1961
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 128, No. 367.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
