Allt A Choire Bhig
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Allt A Choire Bhig
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 259323
Site Number NH43SW 40
NGR NH 40786 32579
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259323
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (23 October 1997)
A burnt mound, on a grassy terrace to the S of the Allt a' Choire Bhig. The burnt mound is set on the SE edge of a boggy hollow. It is kidney-shaped on plan, opening towards the SW, and it measures 8.8m from NW to SE by 4.9m transversely and up to 0.6m in height. Lifting a turf revealed heat-shattered stones in a matrix of blackened soil.
(URQ97 472)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 23 October 1997
