Field Visit
Date May 1983
Event ID 1042096
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Harris NM 34 95 NM39NW 3&4
Situated on the raised storm-beach SW of Harris there are five stony mounds.
(1) NM 3419 9553. This cairn sits on the forward edge of the raised beach; it measures 11.5m in diameter by 0.9m in height and is surmounted by a modern cairn.
(2) NM 3419 9559. About 60m NNW of (1) there is a mound of stones 7.1m in diameter and 0.6m high.
(3) NM 3412 9562. About 110m NW of (1) there is a stony mound 6.5m in diameter by 0.5m high which is surrounded by a ditch-like hollow. The mound sits on the line of a field-bank which runs for a short distance to the NE and SW.
(4) NM 3407 9568. About 40m WNW of a recent fank there is a stony mound 3.5m in diameter and 0.4m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow which appears to cut through the crest of the adjacent rig.
(5) NM 3403 9569. Some 35m WNW of (4) there is a stony mound 6m in diameter by 0.3m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow. The date and purpose of these mounds are uncertain; some may be prehistoric burialcairns while others may be clearance heaps.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
(DES, 1967, 28)
