MHG6181 - Ard Nan Eireachd

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Type and Period (1)

CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

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NG35NE 21 3780 5859.

What may be the remains of a cairn occupy a flat field N of Caisteal Uisdean. It lies off the shoreline and is built onto a bank of beach pebbles but is larger than these. It has been eroded by the sea in the S, but is about 15m in diameter and 0.9m in height.
Visited by M A Nicolson 14 May 1990.

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--- SHG1580 Text/Publication/Article: Miket, R et al.. 1990. 'Survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.25-8. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 25-8. 25-8.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3779 5858 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG35NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	SNIZORT

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/69599 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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