OS1/33/20/190
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
TUMULI [twice, Skelpick Burn] | Tumuli | Mr. Thomas Gillespie Mr. James McBeath Mr. James Glendinning |
027 | A great many small cairns or heaps of stones gathered over the remains of some of the Ancient inhabitants of this locality who it is said fell in Battle. the property of the Duke of Sutherland. |
LOCH MA NÀIRE BURN | Loch mo Naire Burn | Mr. Thomas Gillespie Mr. James McBeath Mr. James Glendinning |
027 | A small stream that issues from "Achaneilean Rocks" and runs into "Loch mo Naire" hence the name. |
ALLT LOCH NA CAORACH | Allt Loch an Caoirich | Mr. Thomas Gillespie Mr. James McBeath Mr. James Glendinning |
027 | A small stream from "Loch na Caoirich" to Skelpick Burn which it unites with about a mile and a half from its mouth |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 190Co. [County] of Sutherland -- Parish of Farr
Tumuli [Note]
* in two seperate groups
along the Skelpick Burn
The date of these remains is not
Known but they are supposed
to belong to the period of the first
Danish invasions.
[Signed] Robert Kane
Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
KBMW- Moderator, Invicta2
Location information for this page.
Linked mapsheets.