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Linsidemore Wood

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Linsidemore Wood

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 13042

Site Number NH59NW 9

NGR NH 5451 9991

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Creich (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NH59NW 9 5451 9991.

Discovered during field investigation at NH 5451 9991, conspicuously placed within a field system (NH59NW 10) is a heather-covered cairn about 6.5m in diameter and 0.8m high. Half a dozen stones of the kerb survive round the periphery. The centre has been howked out exposing one or two earth-fast stones on edge which may represent a disturbed cist now mainly obscured by debris.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (J M) 25 September 1974.

No change to previous field report.

Surveyed at 1:10 000 and 1:2500.

Visited by OS (J M) 27 October 1976.

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