Lothbeg
Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lothbeg
Classification Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7123
Site Number NC91SW 23
NGR NC 9465 1046
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Loth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC91SW 23 9465 1046.
(NC 9465 1046) Cairn (NR).
OS 25" map, (1969)
A cairn found during field investigation and surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 1 March 1968.
The cairn is situated on the upper slopes of a hillside and commands good views to the south. It survives as a mound of turf covered rubble, 8.5m in diameter by 1.0m high, with a kerb of contiguous boulders on edge except in west quarter where it has slipped away.
Surveyed at 1:10,560.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 17 February 1976.
