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Henman's Burn
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Henman's Burn
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13005
Site Number NH59NE 23
NGR NH 5873 9649
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13005
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH59NE 23 5873 9649.
At NH 5873 9649, on the bank above and on the N side of a stream, is a burnt mound. It is roughly oval in ground plan, about 12.0m E-W by 7.0m, and is 0.9m high. The mound is almost separated in half along the shorter axis by a depression, 1.5m wide, that opens out on the stream. Some animal scrapes sparingly expose blackened earth and stained fragments of stone.
Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (J M) 3 November 1976.
This burnt mound is as described previously, although it now lies within forestry plantation.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) October 1989.
Field Visit (3 November 1976)
At NH 5873 9649, on the bank above and on the N side of a stream, is a burnt mound. It is roughly oval in ground plan, about 12.0m E-W by 7.0m, and is 0.9m high. The mound is almost separated in half along the shorter axis by a depression, 1.5m wide, that opens out on the stream. Some animal scrapes sparingly expose blackened earth and stained fragments of stone.
Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (J M) 3 November 1976.
Field Visit (October 1989)
This burnt mound is as described previously, although it now lies within forestry plantation.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) October 1989.
