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Achcoillenaborgie
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achcoillenaborgie
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6245
Site Number NC75NW 41
NGR NC 7164 5890
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6245
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75NW 41 7164 5890.
One robbed and one probable cairn were discovered on this hillside, but the majority of the mounds in the area are stone clearance heaps of an early field system (see NC75NW 4).
'A' at NC 7164 5890 is in close proximity to early modern structures and walls. It measures about 13.5m in diameter with clear stretches of contiguous kerbing in the north and south arcs; elsewhere the perimeter is rather vague with a later building foundation encroaching upon it in the west arc. The cairn material reaches a maximum height of 0.8m in the north east. A pit has been dug in the centre but no cist is exposed.
'B' lies 15.0m to the north west, and although probably a cairn, its classification is not as certain as that of 'A'. It measures about 6.8m in diameter. Around the north arc resembling a kerb is a line of boulders which straightens for 4.0m in the north west; this straightening may be due to stone displacement. The position on sloping ground is somewhat unusual for a cairn. A depression in the centre reveals no cist.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 20 July 1977.
