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Midton, Buntait

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Midton, Buntait

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 257372

Site Number NH33SE 40

NGR NH 39743 30422

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes (24 October 1998)

40 39743 30422

A burnt mound, lying about 30m SW of a building (NH33SE 41) is situated on the W of a gully in woodland at the bottom of a steeply sloping field about 400m S of Midtown, Buntait. It measures 12.5m across by 1.7m in height and has a slight dimple in its top. The mound is composed of shattered-rocks in a matrix of black soil.

(URQ97 497)

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 24 October 1998

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Field Visit (24 October 1998)

A burnt mound, lying about 30m SW of a building (NH33SE 41) is situated on the W of a gully in woodland at the bottom of a steeply sloping field about 400m S of Midtown, Buntait. It measures 12.5m across by 1.7m in height and has a slight dimple in its top. The mound is composed of shattered-rocks in a matrix of black soil.

(URQ97 497)

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 24 October 1998

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