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Lairg

Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site Name Lairg

Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 5023

Site Number NC50NE 51

NGR NC 58 06

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lairg
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC50NE 51 58 06.

On the road between Lairg (NC 58 06) and Altnaharra (NC 56 35), a short way beyond Lairg, on the right hand, there is a small circle of high stones 10 or 12 feet in diameter.

J Horsburgh 1870.

There is no trace and no local knowledge of this alleged stone circle in an area now largely afforested.

Visited by OS (N K B) 30 August 1976.

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