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Carn Bhrain
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Carn Bhrain
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Carn Bhren
Canmore ID 12989
Site Number NH58NW 1
NGR NH 525 874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12989
- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH58NW 1 525 874.
(NH 525 874) Carn Bhren {NAT}
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Carn Bhren or Carn Breathainn. There is a legend connecting it with Fingal's dog Bran. He entered a cairn there and was never seen again. It means Raven's Cairn.
W J Watson 1904.
Carn Bhren is a hill with broken natural outcrop on knolls in abundance. There is no trace of a cairn on or around it.
Visited by OS (R D L) 21 May 1963.
