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Caen Burn

Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Caen Burn

Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 7437

Site Number ND01NW 22

NGR ND 011 182

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

ND01NW 22 011 182.

(ND 011 182) Tumuli (NR)

OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1908)

Caen Burn - There are numerous small mounds of the usual type scattered along the side of the glen .

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

These small insignificant mounds are stone clearance heaps. Both banks of the Caen Burn have been heavily populated at one time (See ND01NW 7, ND01NW 8, ND01NW 9, ND01NW 10, ND01NW 41 ).

Visited by OS (W D J) 23 June 1960.

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