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Cnoc Chaornaidh

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Cnoc Chaornaidh

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 4724

Site Number NC30NW 1

NGR NC 3013 0913

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NC30NW 1 3013 0913.

(NC 30130913) Cairn (NR)

OS 6"map, (1967)

A large, turf-covered cairn with an overall diameter of 27m and maximum height of 4m on the east. On the NE side a ramp-like feature of earth and stone appears to overlie the base of the cairn. There is an excavation hollow in the summit of the cairn.

Surveyed at 1:10 560.

Visited by OS (R D L) 5 April 1963; Information contained in letter from A J Boyd, Inverkirkaig to A S Henshall (National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) 30 June 1954.

The cairn set upon a small natural hillock is generally as described above. No kerb is visible but the cairn appears to have measured about 17.5m N to S by 15.0m.

R J Mercer 1980; Visited by OS (J B) 23 September 1976.

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