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Carnich
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carnich
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5092
Site Number NC50SE 3
NGR NC 570 042
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5092
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 3 570 042.
(NC 5700 0422) Tumuli (NR)(site of)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
(NC 570 042) Tumuli (NR) (covers area of about 200m N-S)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., (1874)
Tumuli - "Some Tumuli are situated about 5 chains west of Carnich" (NC 567 042)
Name Book 1873.
It seems probable these were mounds of the stone clearance type profuse in this neighbourhood.
Visited by OS (R D L) 28 June 1963.
In this area are occasional, low, peat or turf-covered mounds of probably prehistoric cultivation, overtaken by early-modern agriculture.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 September 1976.
