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Aodann Mhor

Cist (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Aodann Mhor

Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 13063

Site Number NH59SE 6

NGR NH 5595 9113

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH59SE 6 5595 9113.

(NH 5595 9113) Stone Cist found A.D. 1859 {NAT}

OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907).

Aodann Mhor, signifying 'Great Face', is a large knoll on the north side of the road. A stone cist was dug up in 1859.

Name Book 1875.

No further information was found during field investigation. The site lies in an arable field on the top of a natural bank with no indication of a knoll.

Visited by OS (W D J) 23 May 1963.

Cist found AD 1859 (NAT)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1971).

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