Faraid Head
Triangulation Pillar (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Faraid Head
Classification Triangulation Pillar (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 296189
Site Number NC37SE 14
NGR NC 38784 71582
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296189
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (2008)
NC37SE 14 38784 71582
This concrete Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar is situated on the highest part of Faraid Head, immediately W of the main Defence Estates range control building (NC37SE 4). It measures 0.65m square at the base, with narrow chamfered corners, tapering to a flat top (0.4m square) at a height of 1.23m, where there is a brass mounting plate and retaining hoops for a theodolite. A brass flush bracket on the N side of the pillar bears the number S6111. The pillar is now redundant.
(CWTC08 283)
Visited by RCAHMS (LAD, IP) 4 August 2008.