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Loch Side
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Loch Side
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 4903
Site Number NC45NE 14
NGR NC 4760 5858
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4903
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC45NE 14 4760 5858.
At NC 4760 5858, on the S side of a burn, is an oval burnt mound, measuring 8.0m E-W by 3.5m transversely and 0.9m high. The content of heat-stained friable stone is exposed in the edge of the mound. There is no trace of hut circles or a field system in the immediate vicinity; the nearest huts are respectively 400m and 500m away (see NC45NE 15 & 16). Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 October 1978.
Field Visit (25 October 1978)
At NC 4760 5858, on the S side of a burn, is an oval burnt mound, measuring 8.0m E-W by 3.5m transversely and 0.9m high. The content of heat-stained friable stone is exposed in the edge of the mound. There is no trace of hut circles or a field system in the immediate vicinity; the nearest huts are respectively 400m and 500m away (see NC45NE 15 & 16). Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 October 1978.
