Killin Rock
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Killin Rock
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6492
Site Number NC80NE 9
NGR NC 870 068
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80NE 9 870 068.
Some 1 1/4 miles NW of Wester Clynekirkton is a group of small mounds "of the usual type".
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
This group of mounds are stone clearance heaps, about twelve in all, of a minor field system, situated at NC 870 068 on a gently SW-facing hillslope in open moorland. They are scattered over an area of one hectare, and neither cultivation plots nor hut circles can be seen.
Visited by OS (E G C) 17 July 1961 and (J B) 9 December 1975.
Field Visit (24 August 1909)
40. Loch Brora. On either side of the old road which leads from Oldtown to Wester Clynekirkton, from about ½ m. SE. of the former place, for a considerable distance are numerous mounds of the usual small type [NC80NE 5], and another group [NC80NE 9] is situated about 1¼ m. NW. of the latter place.
OS 6-inch map, Sutherland, Sheet xcvii. and xcviii. (unnoted).
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 24th August 1909.
