Aultivullin
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aultivullin
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4607
Site Number NC20NE 2
NGR NC 2907 0942
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4607
- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC20NE 2 2907 0942.
(NC 2907 0942) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1967)
Small cairn on hillside, visible from the road. No features. Diameter about 15 ft.
Information contained in letter from A S Henshall, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) to A J Boyd, Inverkirkaig, 30 June 1954.
NC 2907 0942. This cairn, apparently undisturbed, has a diameter varying between 6.0m and 7.0m, with a maximum height on the downhill (SW) side, of 2.0m. Two or three larger stones on the perimeter may be part of a kerb.
Visited by OS (E G) 2 June 1962.
A cairn, as described, which has been preserved in a clearing amidst recent afforestation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 June 1980.
