Forsinain
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Forsinain
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6766
Site Number NC84NE 11
NGR NC 8995 4892
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6766
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC84NE 11 8995 4892.
NC 8995 4892. A grass and heather-covered head dyke about 1.5m long and 1.5m to 2.0m wide and a cairn-field of twenty-one heather-covered cairns about 1.5m in diameter and 1.0m high.
R J Mercer 1980.
Centred on NC 899 489 are twenty or so stony mounds typical of hut circle-associated field clearance. A head dyke abandoned in the 18/19th century cuts through the group.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 November 1980.
