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MHG1608 - Burnt Mound, Clashmore

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At NC 9999 6314 there is a heather-covered stony mound measuring 12m E-W by 14m transversely and 1.3m high, which, pending proof by excavation, must be considered to be a burial cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 20 November 1964.

(NC 9999 6314) Cairn (NR) OS 25"map, (1966)

Situated in low-lying ground adjacent to a watercourse is a heather-covered circular mound, 11m in diameter and 0.9m high. The profile is of a truncated bowl and 'cairn-like', with a number of rubble stones exposed around the rim, though the latter may be clearance from nearby early modern fields. Some fragments of friable stone are visible in rabbit scrapes on the summit, but these may have been broken down by weathering. No black earth can be seen. A settlement of hut circles occurs some 200m to the W (see NC96SE 28).
The mound is clearly man-made, and the most likely explanation is that it is a burnt mound though there is insufficient evidence to classify it with certainty as such.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 17 November 1981.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9998 6314 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC96SE
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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