Grumby Burn
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Grumby Burn
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc Na Fardaich
Canmore ID 122687
Site Number NC70NW 132
NGR NC 7058 0978
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122687
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (16 May 1995)
NC70NW 132 7058 0978
This heather-covered, C-shaped burnt mound, which is situated on the E bank of an unnamed tributary of the Grumby Burn, measures 9.3m in diameter and 1.2m in height. Within the mound there is a well-defined hollow, measuring 3m from N to S by 2.7m transversely and opening out on the W, the sides of which have been revetted with boulders. In addition, two upright boulders, resembling door checks, have been set within the gap at the inner end of the revetment. On the W, and outside the mound, there is a setting of three earthfast, upright boulders, placed on roughly the same axis as the boulders lining the gap in the hollow.
(ROG95 311)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 16 May 1995
