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Maikle

Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Maikle

Classification Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 13053

Site Number NH59SE 2

NGR NH 5965 9407

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Creich (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NH59SE 2 5965 9407.

(NH 59659407) Cairn (NAT)

Name Book 1874.

A small cairn of stones, very prominent. It has never opened.

Name Book 1874.

This seems to be a field clearance heap, about 5.0m diameter and now much reduced, consisting of quite small stones and adjoining an old field wall. There are several similar heaps and field banks in the area.

Visited by OS (R D L) 28 May 1963.

Modern field clearance - not an antiquity.

Visited by OS (R L) 2 October 1969.

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