Feith Osdail
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Feith Osdail
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Na Fuaralachd; Loch Beag Na Furalachd
Canmore ID 5144
Site Number NC51NE 1
NGR NC 5979 1501
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC51NE 1 5979 1501.
At NC 5979 1501, on a slight knoll, is a cairn-like mass of stones within which is an oval foundation measuring about 8.8m E-W by 5.0m. Towards the N and S sides of it are two boulder enclosures, possibly fields as they have been cleared.
Visited by OS (JLD) 30 April 1961
This is a burial cairn, composed of rubble stones partially turf covered, and measuring 9.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. A curving line of stones in the south arc may represent the remains of a kerb, otherwise no structural details are visible. The cairn has been robbed, probably to build the two later enclosures which spring from the cairn. Several shielings occur to the south.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 24 August 1976
