Carn Liath, Obsdale

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Carn Liath, Obsdale is a chambered tomb in Highland. It is one of 49 chambered tombs the Albion Guide charts in the county. The nearest railway station, Alness, is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Millcraig and Carn na Croiche are close by.

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