MHG63987 - Burnt Mound - Eadar a' Chalda
Summary
Horse-shoe shaped mound opening on to a possible old water course.
Type and Period (1)
- BURNT MOUND (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Historic Assynt visited this site in November 2014.
Burnt Mound: 8.5m diam, heather and grass covered, horse-shoe shaped mound opening on to a possible old water course to the southeast. Height approx 2m. In a natural depression between two re-entrant limestone ridges with ground sloping to southwest. Modern burn to southwest but lots of surface water and old channels across lower ground. Soils peaty, stream beds pipe rock and quartzite stones and gravel.
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NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 2433 2416 (17m by 17m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC22SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | ASSYNT |
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