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Field Visit
Date May 1978
Event ID 1133079
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1133079
Shian Hillock NH 916 497 NH94NW 1
This cairn measures 33m in diameter and stands to a height of 4m; there are a number of kerb-stones on the S and SW. Excavations about 1845 revealed cists and bones. This is probably the cairn referred to by Bain at Mid Fleenas, in which 'pagan interments' were found in 1845 and 1860.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Name Book, Nairn, no. 2, p. 18; Bain 1928, 21-2
