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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

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

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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.

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