Monument record 844 - CARNAN BUIDHE, CARNACH, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 79923 63290 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF76SE |
Island | North Uist |
Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF76SE 17 7993 6327.
(NF 7995 6324) Carnan Buidhe (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Carnan Buidhe is a large conical mound of grass-covered stones situated at Carnach, at the end of a small peninsula.
E Beveridge 1911.
NF 7993 6327. This probable cairn of earth and stones, now completely turf-covered, is c. 18.0m in diameter and 3.2m high. It has been eroded at the base on the north and south but is still circular on plan and conical in profile.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 30 May 1965.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 264 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 23 2020 2:00PM