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Kinbrace Farm

Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Kinbrace Farm

Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 6648

Site Number NC82NE 20

NGR NC 8740 2888

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Field Visit (3 December 1976)

NC82NE 20 8740 2888.

(NC 8740 2888) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, 1962.

A heather-covered round cairn within a forest clearing untouched by ploughing.(Information from OS (E G C) 27 May 1961) It measures 11.5m in diameter with a maximum height of 1.3m. The flat top is dug into, but no cist or chamber is exposed.

Visited by OS (J B) 3 December 1976.

(RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909).

Field Visit (31 July 1991)

A heather-covered cairn situated in a small clearing in the forest; it measures about 12.5m in diameter by 1.3m in height. Severe robbing hollows can be seen in the cairn.

Visited by RCAHMS (JNGR and DCC) 31 July 1991

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