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Oblique aerial view of Sciberscross, Strath Brora, Sutherland, looking W.
SC 1903280
Description Oblique aerial view of Sciberscross, Strath Brora, Sutherland, looking W.
Date 2000
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 1903280
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The green pasture in lower left sector of image contains the cairn known as St Sciber's Grave, with other cairns nearby. The least disturbed cairn has a cist with capstone in place. In the lower part of upper right quadrant of image, the pale area shows three enclosures (possibly 18th-19th-C) and a hut circle. On Cnoc an Torra Mhoir, in heather-covered area beyond head dyke at right of image, are two hut circles (one visible on enlargement) and clearance cairns. Between there and Skiberscross Lodge (prominent white building) is a field system with hut circle and clearance cairns (all features indistinct on image). A hut circle at the Lodge is not readily visible in image. At Cnoc a Gharbh Leathaid, between the plantation and top edge of image is a hut circle settlement and field system. There are numerous hut circles on the S-facing slope in upper left quadrant of image. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2019/15
External Reference P11331
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1903280
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
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