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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 752554
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/752554
NC21SW 25 centred on 211 108
NC 210 107: Cathair a' Chnocain.
OS 1:10560 map (1967)
A small knoll. The name means "Seat of the Hillock".
Name Book 1875.
"Cathair", in NW Scotland, means a small mound or "Fairy Seat", not "fort" as in other parts.
W J Watson 1926.
A township comprising forty-five roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xci). Sixteen roofed, one partially roofed and fourteen unroofed buildings, and four unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1967).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 September 1995
