MHG10455 - Burnt Mound, Cnoc Na Gamhna
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Type and Period (2)
- BURNT MOUND (Early Bronze Age to 19th Century - 2400 BC to 1900 AD)
- (Alternate Type) SHEEP FOLD (Early Bronze Age to 19th Century - 2400 BC to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
Marked as sheepfold on 1st ed OS - HAW 3/2004
NC63NE 48 6907 3620.
Unclassified square feature. OS 6"map, (1963)
At extreme S of group (NC63NE 14) is a construction probably an ancient kiln.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
This is a burnt mound, now disfigured by ploughing associated with re-afforestation. It is 10 by 11m by 1.3m high; a wedge depression extends through the centre, along the shorter dimension, opening at one end, the south, onto marshy ground. Disturbance and erosion of the heather-overgrowth reveal blackened earth, pieces of heat-stained stone and fragments of charcoal.
Revised at 1/10,000. Visited by OS (J M) 29 March 1977.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6907 3620 (16m by 16m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC63NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM2514 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5580 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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