Creag Leac Nam Fitheach
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Creag Leac Nam Fitheach
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 5881
Site Number NC70NW 42
NGR NC 7350 0783
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5881
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (28 April 1981)
At NC 7350 0783, on the south-west margin of the summit of Creag Leac nam Fithich, is a peat and heather-covered cairn, measuring 5.0m diameter by 0.6m high; the perimeter is delineated by earthfast slabs contiguous in the SW arc, intermittent for the remainder. The cairn appears undisturbed.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 April 1981.
Field Visit (8 March 1995)
NC70NW 42 7351 0785
This heather-covered cairn, which is situated to the SSE of the summit of Creag Leac nam Fitheach, measures 5.5m in diameter and 0.8m in height. It has been surrounded by a boulder kerb, and the only damage to the cairn has been the removal of the stones forming the E half of the kerb.
(ROG95 18)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 8 March 1995
