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Gailiable
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gailiable
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7023
Site Number NC91NE 48
NGR NC 9511 1820
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7023
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC91NE 48 9511 1820.
At NC 9511 1820, on a N-facing slope in a sheltered position, a burnt mound, roughly circular and about 12.0m in diameter, but with a depression on the E side opening onto a stream. The mound is 1.3m high at the summit N of centre. The content of small burnt stones and blackened earth is exposed in soil erosion and rabbit scrapes.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1976.
Field Visit (18 May 1976)
At NC 9511 1820, on a N-facing slope in a sheltered position, a burnt mound, roughly circular and about 12.0m in diameter, but with a depression on the E side opening onto a stream. The mound is 1.3m high at the summit N of centre. The content of small burnt stones and blackened earth is exposed in soil erosion and rabbit scrapes.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1976.
