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Black Wood

Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Black Wood

Classification Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 14676

Site Number NH78NW 6

NGR NH 7006 8866

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Creich (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NH78NW 6 7006 8866.

(NH 7006 8866) Cairn (NR) (Remains of)

OS 6" map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)

The cairn in the Black Wood, near the shore, has been almost entirely removed. There are two small mounds to the W of it.

RCAHMS 1911.

No traces survive of either cairn or mounds in a densely planted forest.

Visited by OS (N K B) 21 October 1969.

(NH 7006 8866) Cairn (NR) (site of)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)

No change to the previous field report.

Visited by OS (J M) 17 September 1980.

Activities

Field Visit (14 July 1909)

78. Cairn, etc., Black Wood.

The cairn in the Black Wood, near the shore, has been almost entirely removed. There are two small mounds to the W. of it.

OS Map, Sutherland, sheet cxii.

RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 14th July 1909.

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