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MHG9921 - Carn Liath

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NC92SW 2 9172 2033.

(NC 9172 2033) Carn Liath (NR)
OS 6"map, (1963)

A large, mutilated, earth and stone mound, known as Carn
Leath (Information from pre-1815 estate map of Strath Kildonan held in Dunrobin estate office), is a burial cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500 (Information from OS (R L) 21 Feburary 1968
Visited by OS (W D J) 3 June 1961

Carn Liath, (name verified), a cairn, is set on a spur near the foot of a slope, a vantage point for the low ground to the SW. It is ill-defined but would have been about 17.0m diameter, and, at present, is 1.5m high. Material has been quarried out of the NE segment leaving a peripheral ridge of rubble. At the centre a rough slab protrudes, one or two lesser boulder slabs lie displaced round about, but these do not appear to indicate a chamber. The body infill is typical cairn rubble.
Visited by OS (J M) 9 December 1976.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9171 2033 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC92SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	KILDONAN

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