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Field Visit
Date 16 August 1910
Event ID 1168367
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1168367
On the W end of a slight ridge about ½ mile E of Upper Dounreay are the remains of a horned round cairn. The heads of three large slabs protrude from the centre, indicating the position of the chamber, otherwise the whole cairn is overgrown with grass. The diameter of the body of the cairn has been about 42ft (12.8m). the main axis of the chamber has been WNE and ESE, but there is no sin of the direction of the entrance passage. The horns have been some 22ft in length and 17ft in breadth at the base, while the distance between their extremities towards the WNW has been 40ft. At 13ft from the outer end of the S horn, laid at right angles to its direction, has been a cist. One end and one side, consisting of single slabs, remains, showing a length of 3ft 9in and a width of 1ft 8in. The upper edge of the slabs is level with the present surface, and they are exposed for a height of some 8ft.
Visited by RCAHMS 16 August 1910
OS 6" map (1907) 'Brough'
