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Aukhorn Field Survey Area
Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Aukhorn Field Survey Area
Classification Natural Feature(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 9347
Site Number ND36SW 22
NGR ND 33 63
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND36SW 22 33 63.
Some 51 small peat-covered mounds of uncertain origin varying in diameter from 5-15m, and in height from 0.3-1.0m.
R J Mercer 1980.
These peat mounds occur in rising moorland, sometimes in a damp situation. There is no evidence in any of the mounds, in the form of stone or structures, to indicate that they are man-made, and there is no apparent association with proven a ntiquities. There is no trace of digging adjacent to the mounds. In the absence of any scientific excavation, it would appear likely that the mounds are natural, a result of localised peat accumulation, although how this occurs is unclear. Visited by OS 23 August 1982.
Two mounds of this extensive group excavated in May 1983, confirmed that they are natural (nos.4 & 16). About 66 further mounds were surveyed.
R J Mercer 1983; NMRS archive MS/384/1.
