Monument record MHG9877 - Burnt Mound, Kilearnan

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Grid reference Centred NC 9534 1747 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC91NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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NC91NE 55 9534 1747

At NC 9534 1747, in a sheltered position in rising moorland open to the NE, is a burnt mound; it is roughly oval, measuring some 14m E-W by 12m, with a depression in the E side opening out onto the bed of a dried-up stream. The mound is 1.5m high and the content of heat-stained stones and blackened earth is exposed by erosion and rabbit burrowing. Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 May 1976.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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