MHG14716 - Burnt Mound - Teanord

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BURNT MOUND (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)

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A possible burnt mound was observed here consisting of charcoal rich silt with possible fire-cracked stones in a boggy hollow in the middle of a ploughed field. The topography suggests that a watercourse formerly flowed NE/SW on the line of the field division.
J Aitken : 04/05/01.
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NH56SE 40 5995 6471

NH 5995 6471 A possible burnt mound survives in a hollow here within a ploughed field.
J Wordsworth and H Munro 1995.

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--- SHG1609 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth and Munro, J and H. 1995. 'Teanord, Foulis (Kiltearn parish), ?burnt mound', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.44. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 44. 44.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5995 6471 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH56SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	KILTEARN

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/132432 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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