Allt A' Choire Mhoir
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Allt A' Choire Mhoir
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 259169
Site Number NH43SW 34
NGR NH 40297 32907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259169
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (23 October 1997)
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated to the NE of a bend in a tributary of the Allt a' Choire Mhoir. It measures 8.3m from NE to SW by 6.2m transversely by up to 1m in height, and the hollow on its open side faces NE. Lifting a turf revealed heat-shattered stone in a matrix of blackened soil.
(URQ97 488)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 23 October 1997
Field Visit (23 October 1997)
NH43SW 34 4029 3290
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated to the NE of a bend in a tributary of the Allt a' Choire Mhoir. It measures 8.3m from NE to SW by 6.2m transversely by up to 1m in height, and the hollow on its open side faces NE. Lifting a turf revealed heat-shattered stone in a matrix of blackened soil.
(URQ97 488)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 23 October 1997
