Carn An Fhitich
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carn An Fhitich
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14020
Site Number NH69SW 31
NGR NH 6166 9220
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14020
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH69SW 31 6166 9220.
(NH 6166 9220) Carn an Fhitich (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
A large cairn of stones with two cists exposed, both firmly bedded in the centre of the cairn.
Name Book 1873.
Carn an Fhitich is 42' in diameter and 5' high. It has been excavated and one or two slabs, which have formed part of a cist, lie displaced among the stones. The OS 6" map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907) indicates that two stone cists existed in it.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
The remains of this cairn consist of a mound of small stones c.15.5m in diameter and a height varying from 0.8m on its N side to 1.6m on the S. It has a slightly hollowed-out top, but there is now no sign of a cist or any slabs which may have formed a cist.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 May 1963.
No change.
Visited by OS (J B) 8 August 1980.
Field Visit (2 October 1909)
85. ‘Carn an fhitich’, The Tulloch, Bonarbridge.
On The Tulloch, ¼ m. N. of the schoolhouse, are the remains of ‘Carn an fhitich’. The diameter is some 42' and the height about 5'. The cairn has been excavated, and one or two slabs, which have formed part of a cist, lie displaced among the stones. The O.S. 6" map indicates that two stone cists existed in it.
OS 6-inch map, Sutherland, Sheet cviii.
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 2nd October 1909.
