Achairn Burn
Boundary Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achairn Burn
Classification Boundary Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270552
Site Number ND24SE 76
NGR ND 27851 44891
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270552
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24SE 76 27851 44891
Nothing is now visible of a 'pile of sods', which is depicted here on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix). The site of the pile lies on a gentle, W-facing slope in peaty, heather moorland. It is not shown on the 2nd edition of the map (1907, sheet xxix).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW) 8 September 2004
