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Tor Cruinn
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tor Cruinn
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 246
Canmore ID 8661
Site Number ND23SW 8
NGR ND 2356 3412
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8661
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23SW 8 2356 3412.
At ND 2356 3412, prominently situated on the edge of a steep coastal slope is a turf-covered cairn, some 8.5m in diameter and 1.0m high. Mutilation on its W side has exposed two upright stones, but their nature is uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 11 March 1968.
A possibly prehistoric mound, now badly damaged on the W, revealing more stones, none of them upright.
C E Batey 1982.
Field Visit (11 March 1968)
At ND 2356 3412, prominently situated on the edge of a steep coastal slope is a turf-covered cairn, some 8.5m in diameter and 1.0m high. Mutilation on its W side has exposed two upright stones, but their nature is uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 11 March 1968.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (1982)
A possibly prehistoric mound, now badly damaged on the W, revealing more stones, none of them upright.
C E Batey 1982.
