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Beinn An Duibhe

Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Beinn An Duibhe

Classification Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 295901

Site Number NC37SW 4

NGR NC 34437 70868

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

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Field Visit (2008)

NC37SW 4 34437 70868

This cairn is situated on the NW flank of Beinn an Duibh, a rocky massif on the W side of the Kyle of Durness which comprises a series of knolls and ridges interspersed with wet, peaty ground. It consists of little more than a moss-grown, heap of stones and small boulders standing 0.5m in height.

(CWTC08 55)

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

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