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
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.
