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Beinn An Duibhe

Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Beinn An Duibhe

Classification Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 295896

Site Number NC37SE 7

NGR NC 35483 70486

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Durness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

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Field Visit (2008)

NC37SE 7 NC 35483 70486

This grass-grown cairn is situated on the NE shoulder of Beinn an Duibh, a rocky massif on the W side of the Kyle of Durness which comprises a series of rocky knolls and ridges interspersed with wet, peaty ground. It measures 1.2m in diameter and 0.3m in height.

(CWTC08 64)

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, JH) 10 August 2008.

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