Armadale Burn
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Armadale Burn
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6373
Site Number NC76SE 11
NGR NC 797 629
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6373
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC76SE 11 797 629.
Some 1 1/4 miles up the Armadale Burn on the west bank, and about 1/4 mile down from the broch (NC76SE 3) on the top of the bank, are a few circular ruins similar to those at Dalhalvaig (NC85NE 3 and NC85NE 4 ).
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
At NC 797 629 on a gentle south-facing slope are four stone clearance heaps, the largest 9.0m across and 1.0m high, which occur in an area of stone-free ground covered with close-cropped heather indicating former cultivation. The mounds are between 20.0m and 35.0m apart; two of them have been opened out exposing a stone content, and these are undoubtedly the 'circular ruins' noted by RCAHMS (1911).
Visited by OS (N K B) 1 July 1977.
