Lairg Muir
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lairg Muir
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5001
Site Number NC50NE 31
NGR NC 5894 0679
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 31 5894 0679.
(NC 5894 0679) Tumuli (NR).
OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., (1908)
On waste ground is a stony mound cleared out in the centre, and nearby, traces of a few others. They appear to be the usual field clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (W D J) 28 June 1963.
RCAHMS 1911.
There are several scattered stony mounds in this area of heather and gorse surrounded by cultivated ground. Some are of the type found in association with hut circles, others are modern. No pattern of cultivation plots is apparent.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 August 1976.
