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Forsinard

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Forsinard

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 7231

Site Number NC94SW 7

NGR NC 9033 4485

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC94SW 7 9033 4485.

At NC 9033 4485, within a settlement and field system (NC94SW 1), is a heather covered burnt mound. It is U shaped and measures overall 6.0m north-south by 8.0m with the south end open. The mound has a general height of 0.8m which decreases to almost nothing at the north end. A trial dig exposed a content of burnt stones and blackened earth. Surveyed at 1:10000.

Visited by OS (J B) 11 May 1977.

A sub-circular enclosure, 6.5m NE-SW by 5.5m by 0.5m high, with an entrance on the SW

R J Mercer 1980.

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