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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/257372
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
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
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
