Monument record MHG9933 - Burnt Mound, Beinn Dubhain

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Grid reference Centred NC 9447 2037 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC92SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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NC92SW 30 9448 2037.

At NC 94482037, on the S bank, and in the bend, of a stream, is a burnt mound roughly 11.0m diameter by 1.3m high. The top half is cleaved by a wedge-like depression opening out on the stream at the E end; animal scrapes and erosion expose a content of blackened earth, heat-stained stone fragments and splinters of charcoal. Just 20.0m S of the mound is a hut circle (NC 92 SW 31)
Surveyed at 1:10 560. Visited by OS (J M) 16 December 1976

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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