Borlum Rock
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Borlum Rock
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 7364
Site Number NC96SE 41
NGR NC 9740 6375
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7364
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 41 9740 6375.
At NC 9740 6375, on the SW edge of natural drainage in a N-facing hillside, is a crescent-shaped burnt mound, 9.5 by 8.0m across and 0.8m high. Animal scrapes in the peat cover show blackened earth and friable fragments of stone.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 August 1981.
This burnt mound was noted during a pre-afforestation survey of Sandside Estate. It is visible as a grass-covered, crescent-shaped mound about 3m across, on a heather-covered slope.
C Dagg 13 October 1998; NMRS MS 1008/3, no.37
Field Visit (11 August 1981)
At NC 9740 6375, on the SW edge of natural drainage in a N-facing hillside, is a crescent-shaped burnt mound, 9.5 by 8.0m across and 0.8m high. Animal scrapes in the peat cover show blackened earth and friable fragments of stone.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 August 1981.
Field Visit (13 October 1988)
This burnt mound was noted during a pre-afforestation survey of Sandside Estate. It is visible as a grass-covered, crescent-shaped mound about 3m across, on a heather-covered slope.
C Dagg 13 October 1998; NMRS MS 1008/3, no.37
