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Forse House

Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Forse House

Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 8612

Site Number ND23NW 13

NGR ND 2058 3500

NGR Description Centred ND 2058 3500

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Latheron
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND23NW 13 centred 2058 3500.

Centred ND 2058 3501, close by an old stream bed, three small, turf-covered mounds, some 2.0m, 1.5m, and 1.0m high respectively, contain large quantities of burnt stones - undoubtedly burnt mounds. Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R L) 13 March 1968.

(ND 2058 3501) Burnt Mounds (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

Burnt mounds A and B, at ND 2057 3500 and ND 2058 3501 respectively, are kidney-shaped, measuring 20.0m NE-SW by 10.0m transversely. The other example, C, at ND 2059 3500, measures 11.0m E-W by 5.0m transversely.

Visited by OS (R L) 13 March 1968.

Scheduled with ND23NW 11, ND23NW 12, ND23NW 37 and ND23SW 6, ND23SW 9, ND23SW 21, ND23SW 22, ND23SW 24, ND23SW 25 as Forse House, settlement, field system, burnt mounds and cairns... an extensive area of remains, including those of deserted farmsteads ... together with associated cultivation remains of various dates, small cairns and burnt mounds.'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 January 2003.

Activities

Field Visit (13 March 1968)

Centred ND 2058 3501, close by an old stream bed, three small, turf-covered mounds, some 2.0m, 1.5m, and 1.0m high respectively, contain large quantities of burnt stones - undoubtedly burnt mounds. Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R L) 13 March 1968.

Field Visit (13 March 1968)

Burnt mounds A and B, at ND 2057 3500 and ND 2058 3501 respectively, are kidney-shaped, measuring 20.0m NE-SW by 10.0m transversely. The other example, C, at ND 2059 3500, measures 11.0m E-W by 5.0m transversely.

Visited by OS (R L) 13 March 1968.

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