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The Ord
No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name The Ord
Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) The Mast
Canmore ID 140851
Site Number NC50NE 117
NGR NC 5737 0563
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/140851
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 117 5737 0563
NC 5737 0563 A watching brief was undertaken in connection with the upgrading of the telecommunications mast at the Ord, a low hill 1km to the W of Lairg in Sutherland. The area around the mast contains extensive remains of prehistoric and more recent settlements and fields. A rectangular area, c 350 x 100m, on the summit of the hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Investigations carried out within the Scheduled area identified no archaeological deposits or features.
Sponsors: Castle Transmission International, Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
M Dalland 1998
Watching Brief (1998)
NC 5737 0563 A watching brief was undertaken in connection with the upgrading of the telecommunications mast at the Ord, a low hill 1km to the W of Lairg in Sutherland. The area around the mast contains extensive remains of prehistoric and more recent settlements and fields. A rectangular area, c 350 x 100m, on the summit of the hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Investigations carried out within the Scheduled area identified no archaeological deposits or features.
Sponsors: Castle Transmission International, Scottish Hydro-Electric plc.
M Dalland 1998
