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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699966

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/699966

NS19NW 2 1149 9736.

NS 120 971. There is an oval mound at the foot of Creag an Adhloic. Aligned W-E, at right angles to the normal direction of glacial drift, it measures 77' by 56'. There is a row of boulders along its N side.

F Newall 1960

The only mound of this description in the area is at NS 1149 9736. A small quarry on its S side, reveals a composition of earth and small stones. A large boulder lies at its E end. The mound is probably only a glacial moraine.

Visited by OS (DWR) 28 February 1973

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