What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Caen Burn North as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn and hut circle, likely dating to the 3rd or 2nd millennium BCE. It represents prehistoric domestic and funerary activity in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
Caen BurnHut Circle (prehistoric), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 117 yd
River HelmsdaleCairn(s) (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (prehistoric) · 1001 yd
Kilphedir BridgeRoad Bridge (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Birchwood LodgeBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Cnoc na MaoileMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Creag MarailMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Land League CairnMemorial · 2.1 mi
The EmigrantsMemorial · 2.3 mi
Helmsdale CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.4 mi
Shore of GartymoreBeach / strand · 2.7 mi
Torr MorNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 5.4 mi
Craggie BurnNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 8.8 mi