Oblique aerial view of settlements and field systems between Achork and Cnoc-an-t-Sidhean, Rogart, East Sutherland, looking NW.

Description Oblique aerial view of settlements and field systems between Achork and Cnoc-an-t-Sidhean, Rogart, East Sutherland, looking NW.

Date 2000

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1906912

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Four settlement sites are visible in this winter image, with clearance cairns and some of the hut circles made clearly visible by the snow cover and low sun. The sites are: in lower left quadrant of the photograph, Blairmore (on hill named Cnoc-an-t-Sidhein), in shade but with sun catching wall footings of hut circle; beyond, in upper left quadrant, a small site also recorded as Blairmore, its clearance cairns visible within curve of road and distinguished by a solitary tree in foreground; to its right, on open hillside, Culdrain with its clearance cairns; and in lower right quadrant, an excellent view of the extensive Achork (also recorded as Cnoc-an-t-Sidhein) site, containing hut circles, burnt mounds, kerbed cairns, and clearance cairns with evidence of cultivation and field boundaries. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2019/15

External Reference P11565

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1906912

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap