Auchinduich
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Auchinduich
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 100038
Site Number NC50SE 100
NGR NC 5830 0065
NGR Description NC 5830 0065 and NC 5834 0064
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/100038
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 5830 0065 and 5834 0064
Three cairns (NMRS MS 738/29, no.4), situated on the lower W-facing slopes of Cnoc Torr an Leamhain, were recorded during the course of a pre-afforestation survey by AOC (Scotland) Ltd. The southernmost cairn, at NC 5834 0064, consists of a large mass of stony rubble which measures 12m by 6m and stands up to 1.5m in height. Later features, including a corn-drying kiln and a small enclosure (NC50SE 90.00), have been inserted into the summit and N face of the cairn respectively. The middle cairn, at NC 5830 0065, measures 15m wide by c.2.5m high and has an irregular grround plan with poorly defined edges whilst that to the N (NC50Se x.01), at NC 5826 0069, is much smaller, measuring 7m by 2m overall.
The surveyors interpreted all three cairns as possible prehistoric funerary monuments although the excavator of the northernmost considered it to be a burnt mound.
NC50SE 100.01 5826 0069 Burnt mound (possible)
J O'Sullivan and C Burgess, AOC (Scotland) Ltd, 1996; NMRS MS 738/29
Field Visit (1996)
Three cairns (NMRS MS 738/29, no.4), situated on the lower W-facing slopes of Cnoc Torr an Leamhain, were recorded during the course of a pre-afforestation survey by AOC (Scotland) Ltd. The southernmost cairn, at NC 5834 0064, consists of a large mass of stony rubble which measures 12m by 6m and stands up to 1.5m in height. Later features, including a corn-drying kiln and a small enclosure (NC50SE 90.00), have been inserted into the summit and N face of the cairn respectively. The middle cairn, at NC 5830 0065, measures 15m wide by c.2.5m high and has an irregular grround plan with poorly defined edges whilst that to the N (NC50Se x.01), at NC 5826 0069, is much smaller, measuring 7m by 2m overall.
The surveyors interpreted all three cairns as possible prehistoric funerary monuments although the excavator of the northernmost considered it to be a burnt mound.
NC50SE 100.01 5826 0069 Burnt mound (possible)
J O'Sullivan and C Burgess, AOC (Scotland) Ltd, 1996; NMRS MS 738/29
