MHG11620 - Creag an Amalaidh

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CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NH79NE 7 760 973.

(Centred NH 760 972) Cairns (NR) OS 6" map, (1960)

A group of about twelve mounds. RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

An area of stone clearance heaps on the SE slopes of Creag an Amalaidh, possibly associated with the settlement about 500m to the W (NH79NE 1). There is no trace of huts or cultivation plots.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 November 1969.

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--- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 39, No. 110.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7606 9732 (190m by 217m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH79NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/14792 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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