Garbh-allt
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Garbh-allt
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5907
Site Number NC70NW 66
NGR NC 7304 0557
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5907
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (30 April 1981)
NC70NW 66 7304 0557.
At NC 7304 0557, on the south bank of Garbh-allt, is a burnt mound. It measures 10.0 by 8.0m across and 1.0m high and is depressed in the E side, the line of the main axis. Erosion of the heather cover reveals friable and reddened fragments of stone.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 30 April 1981.
Field Visit (10 May 1995)
This U-shaped burnt mound is set well above the current water level on the S bank of the Garbh-allt. It measures 10.3m from E to W by 7.8m transversely and 1m in height, opening out to the N. The mound may have been eroded by the burn on the N where there is an exposure of cracked stone set in a matrix of black soil.
(ROG95 279)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 10 May 1995
