Achlachan Burn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achlachan Burn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8362
Site Number ND15SW 26
NGR ND 1374 5281
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15SW 26 1374 5281
At ND 1374 5281 is a disturbed cairn. It is apparent as a turf-covered mound 11.0m in diameter and varies from 0.5m high in the N half to 0.2m high in the S. A slight hollow in the central area shows one or two random stones.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visitee by OS (J M) 12 November 1981
Cairn. Diameter: 11m. Circular grass-covered mound 0.5m high. One upright slab exposed in the centre may indicate a chamber.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
