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Feranach

Cairn (Bronze Age)

Site Name Feranach

Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 6690

Site Number NC82NW 2

NGR NC 8397 2708

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes ( - 1977)

NC82NW 2 8397 2708.

(NC 83972708) Cairn (NR)

OS 6"map, (1962)

A small, heather-covered cairn, 9m in diameter and 1m high, situated on the gentle north-facing slope of the moorland. Stones protrude from the surface but there is no evidence of a cist, kerb or ditch.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 25 May 1961

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (JB) 7 February 1977

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Field Visit (7 March 1991)

This cairn is situated on a low knoll in gently undulating ground on the S side of the valley of the Abhainn na Frithe. It measures 9m in diameter and stands 1m in height and has a stepped profile.

(KILD91 17)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 7 March 1991.

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