Achu
Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Achu
Classification Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 13992
Site Number NH69SE 6
NGR NH 6758 9190
NGR Description Centred at NH 6758 9190
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH69SE 6 centred 6758 9190.
To the E of the house of Mr John Murray, Cnoc Dubh, Achaidh, is a small group of four or five mounds, only two of which are clearly defined. These lie NW-SE and meaure some 16' x 11'.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
Local enquiries located the house mentioned by RCAHMS at NH 6745 9186. In the area centred NH 675 918 are a few modern stone clearance heaps and natural peat formations, which are probably what the RCAHMS have seen.
Visited by OS (R L) 23 October 1969.
Field Visit (5 October 1909)
74. Achaidh. To the E. of the house of Mr John Murray, Cnoc Dubh, Achaidh, is a small group of four or five mounds, only two of which are clearly defined. These lie NW. and SE., and measure some 16'x 11'.
OS 6-inch map: Sutherland Sheet cxii. (unnoted).
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 5th October 1909.
