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Bighouse
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bighouse
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6913
Site Number NC86SE 8
NGR NC 8992 6401
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6913
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC86SE 8 8992 6401.
At NC 8992 6401, on a slight S-facing slope, is a sub-circular ditch averaging 3.5m wide and 0.3m deep, surrounding a hollowed oval mound measuring about 14.0m E-W by 12.0m transversely and 0.6m high. There has been no attempt to level the site. There is no trace of stone in the mound, which is wholly peat-covered, and it cannot be ascertained if the hollow is an original feature or mutilation. The ditch is bottomed with stones, particularly evident in the NW, and this appears to be a deliberate fill rather than old ground surface showing. This may be a funerary monument.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 November 1972.
This mound is as described and planned by previous OS surveyor, but its purpose is uncertain.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 June 1977.
(NC 897 642) Enclosure 15 by 14m set on a raised platform. No clear entrance.
R J Mercer 1980.
