Cnoc A' Chrochaidh
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Cnoc A' Chrochaidh
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 7174
Site Number NC92SW 17
NGR NC 9107 2099
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7174
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC92SW 17 9107 2099.
(NC 9107 2099) Cnoc a Chreachaidh (NAT)
OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1878)
Cnoc a Chrochaidh (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1963)
Knock'nreachy, (New Statistical Account [NSA] 1841) Cnoc a Chreachaidh (Name Book 1871) or Torr-an-riachaidh, the scratching knowe, from the whin bushes growing on it, is 'a most remarkable cairn.... Its shape is a perfect cone, about 60' high and about 90' circumference at the base. A few years ago the top was laid open when it was found to consist of a huge pile of stones. Traditionally this cairn is said to mark the burial place of a Norwegian leader defeated in battle here against the natives.' (D Sage 1898) All the authorities agree that the mound is artificial.
Cnoc a Chrochaidh is apparently natural. It is said that a passage, now filled in, led into the heart of it.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909
A conical morraine
Visited by OS (N K B) 27 Feburary 1968
No change to field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 Feburary 1977.
