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Loch Eriboll

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Loch Eriboll

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 4940

Site Number NC45SW 1

NGR NC 4010 5428

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC45SW 1 4010 5428.

(NC 4010 5428) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1961)

On low-lying ground at the S end of Loch Eriboll, there is a small cairn whose appearance is accentuated by a change in vegetation. It measures 9.5m in diameter by 0.7m in height; there are a few stones protruding through the turf and also lying loose on the surface.

Visited by OS (A C) 3 June 1959; Information from Dr C S Sandeman, 2 March 1959.

As described by the previous field investigator.

Visited by OS (N K B) 27 November 1978.

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