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Lairg
Platform (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lairg
Classification Platform (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 82845
Site Number NC50NE 97
NGR NC 5850 0686
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/82845
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 97 5850 0686.
A low mound, 16m E-W by 8m, surrounded by a bank and ditch. To the S, forming a rectangular enclosure with this and the hillside, is an L-shaped ditch, between banks, with a W-facing entrance.
T C Welsh 1973.
The 'low mound' noted by Welsh is a sub-rectangular level platform set into a S-facing slope, with shallow ditches (presumably for drainage) along the east and west sides. The purpose of this construction and the adjacent enclosure is uncertain; the somewhat sharp outline of the banks and ditches would tend to suggest a recent construction, possibly in association with the nearby disused quarry.
Visited by OS (NKB) 14 September 1976.
