Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8362
- 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
