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Strath Na Frithe

Bloomery Mound (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Strath Na Frithe

Classification Bloomery Mound (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) 'On The North Bank Of The R Frithe At The Foot Of Achrimsdale Hill'; 'above Allt An Duin Lodge'; Altanduin

Canmore ID 6103

Site Number NC72NE 3

NGR NC 7867 2621

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NC72NE 3 7867 2621

See also NC72NE 2 and NC72NE 7.

A heap of iron slag has been exposed by water action on the north bank of the R Frithe at the foot of Achrimsdale Hill c.1 1/2 miles above Allt an Duin Lodge (Altanduin: NC 809 259).

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

About six lumps of bloomery slag are visible in the north bank of the Abhainn na Frithe at NC 7867 2621. Immediately to the E and abutting the slag are the eroded remains of a burnt mound. (See NC72NE 7).

Visited by OS (J B), 7 March 1977.

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