Carn Smeirt
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carn Smeirt
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 13068
Site Number NH59SW 2
NGR NH 502 945
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH59SW 2 502 945.
(NH 502 945) Carn Smeirt (NAT)
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Carn Smeirt, a burial cairn, was discovered by Dr Watson, and is situated on the bank of the eastern Carron.
A B Scott 1918.
The Smertae (one of the ancient tribal names recorded by Ptolemy and others) lived in the basin of the Oykel and probably also in the adjoining basin of the Carron to the south of it. Most Mss of Ptolemy read "Mertae", and the true form has been rather doubtful, but the name, as discovered many years ago, is still extant in Carn Smeart, the name of a hill on the N side of Strathcarron, in the ridge between it and Strathoykel.
W J Watson 1926.
Cairn not located.
Visited by OS (E G C) 29 May 1963.
