Archaeology Notes

Event ID 648980

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC50NE 46 5747 0565

(NC 5745 0564) A burnt mound (OS [AA]) a crescentic mound of earth and boulders measuring about 42ft along the crest, about 12ft across the centre and 29ft between the points facing NE with the back to the hill.

Visited by OS (A A) 8 June 1971.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

The mound, situated high on the NE facing slope of The Ord at NC 5747 0565, is as described by the previous authorities but there was no trace of fire-reddened stone, black earth (apart from peat) or charcoal on removal of some of the stones. It displays a similar content to numerous stone clearance heaps nearby, and, together with them, delineates the edge of cultivation plots (See NC50NE 13). The only factor suggesting a burnt mound is its crescentic shape, but this is not uncommon in clearance heaps. There is no water source nearby.

Visited by OS (N K B) 26 July 1976.

Scheduled with NC50NE 13-14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 38-9, 54-6 and 81-2 as The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 February 2002.