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Achanarras Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achanarras Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8313
Site Number ND15NW 22
NGR ND 1474 5587
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15NW 22 1474 5587
(ND 1474 5587) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1970)
This cairn, situated at the N end of Achanarras Hill, about 1/2 mile NNW of the farm, appears as a low mound measuring 33ft N-S by 30ft transversely and up to 2ft high.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910
This cairn is as described by the RCAHMS. A small rectangle of stones in its centre is probably the remains of a shooting butt.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 November 1965
No change to the previous reports.
Visited by OS (J B) 15 February 1982
Cairn. Diameter: 10m. Circular grass and heather covered mound 1m high.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
