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Loch Eriboll,souterrain south end of

A Scheduled Monument in North, West and Central Sutherland, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.4455 / 58°26'43"N

Longitude: -4.7369 / 4°44'12"W

OS Eastings: 240359

OS Northings: 954054

OS Grid: NC403540

Mapcode National: GBR G6PD.LZ7

Mapcode Global: WH274.6ZLG

Entry Name: Loch Eriboll,souterrain S end of

Scheduled Date: 28 December 1961

Last Amended: 18 February 1964

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM2185

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house

Location: Durness

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland

Traditional County: Sutherland

Description

Quadrangular burial enclosure at head of steep slope above E

bank of River Sark. Bounded on 3 sides by rubble-built walls

with flat ashlar coping (gate at N), iron fence above bank.

Site of Morton church; 17th-19th carved headstones, many with

good classical ornament, and burial place of Kinmont Willie

(Willie Armstrong) celebrated border reiver.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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