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Allt Badaidh Bhaird
Clearance Cairn(S) (Post Medieval), Mound (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Allt Badaidh Bhaird
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Post Medieval), Mound (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 372196
Site Number NC65NW 27
NGR NC 63733 58804
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/372196
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (26 April 2022)
NC65NW 27 63733 58804
On a relatively level terrace immediately NE of a stone row (NC65NW 26) there is a crescentic mound, what may be the remains of a round house and three small clearance cairns. The crescentic mound is heather-covered, measuring about 10m from N to S by 5.3m transversely and about 1m in height. Its plan form is like that of a burnt mound but some exposed stone on its surface does not appear to be burnt. Some 5m to its E there are what may be the remains of a round house, comprising a stony spread some 8m in diameter and 0.2m in height.
The three small cairns are clearly of later date. One lies between the crescentic mound and the possible round house, another over the W side of the possible round house, with the third 4m to its NE. The largest measures 2.5m in diameter and 0.3m in height.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (G F Geddes) 26 April 2022.
