Ledmore Wood
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Ledmore Wood
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 13840
Site Number NH68NE 39
NGR NH 6533 8945
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH68NE 39 6533 8945.
NH 6533 8945. A low mound in a prominent position. A central excavation 1.3m. in diameter and 1m. deep has exposed some stone and has left a peripheral stony bank, 0.9m. to 1.2m. broad, now turf-covered. Thick heather prevents classification but it is not a clearance heap, there is insufficient evidence to call it a cairn and there is a possibility that it may be natural.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (A A) 23 October 1969.
The mound measures 5.5m E-W by 4.5m and 0.5m high. From the hole dug in the centre its composition seems to be peat and earth together with a small amount of stones. Due to the limited remains it is impossible to judge whether it is a cairn or a natural mound, although the latter option seems more likely.
Visited by OS (J B) 22 September 1980.
A low knoll, with a central hollow, as previously described. was visited during a forestry survey by Headland Archaeology (NMRS MS 899/25) who consider it unlikely to be a man-made feature.
S Carter and J Wordsworth (Headland Archaeology) 5 February 1997; NMRS MS 899/25, no.17
NH 66 90 (centre) A short-notice forestry survey was undertaken by Headland Archaeology Ltd over roughly 7.5sq km of land to the W of Spinningdale on the northern shore of the Dornoch Firth. A total of 28 features or groups of features of archaeological interest were recorded, 19 of which had previously been noted. The majority are post-medieval settlement sites (buildings, farmsteads and settlement sites) recorded first by the OS in 1874. The survey area and its immediate environs contain a notable concentration of chambered cairns, and a further example was discovered. This new site is heavily robbed but appears to be of a similar size and chamber type to the other examples in the area.
NH 6533 8945 ?Cairn. (NMRS NH68NE 39)
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
S Carter 1997
Field Visit (27 July 1909)
Some 40 yards W. of the cairn is a low mound, with a depression in the centre of about 4' 6” diameter and 1' 3" in depth. The enclosing bank of stones, overgrown with turf, is 3' to 4' in thickness.
Along the open area above Ledmore Wood, at about the 500' elevation, towards the W. end of the wood, are a number of small mounds.
OS Map, Sutherland, sheet cxi.
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 27th July 1909.