Field Visit
Date 15 August 1910
Event ID 1168429
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1168429
On the top of Cnoc Freiceadain, the summit to the N of the Hill of Sheuster, is a horned long cairn, one of the finest examples of this class of cairn in the county, and apparently unexcavated. Being overgrown with turf, the exact configuration and measurements of the horns are not obtainable, but their existence is quite evident. The cairn lies with its longest axis WNW and ESE and has an extreme length from tip to tip of the horns of 255ft [77.7m]. The main body measures from 37' to 40' [11.2m to 12.1m] in breadth and 4' to 5' [1.2m to 1.5m] in elevation. It expands rises towards both ends, but to the greatest extent towards the E[S]E. In that direction it commences to expand some 70' [21.3m] from the end and attains to a breadth of 60' [18.3m] and a height of 10' [3m]. The horns at this end appear to be about 28' [8.5m] in length, and to terminate obtusely. The distance between their outer extremities is some 73' [22.2m], and from the centre of the concave outline of the cairn 38' or 39' [11.6m to 11.9m]. Towards the WNW the expansion and increase of elevation begin about 40' [12.2m] from the end, and attain to 56' [17.1m] in breadth and 7' [2.1m] in height. The general appearance at this end is that of a second circular cairn set on the low extremity of a long one. In rear of it is a slight trench across the body of the cairn. The horns seem to be shorter than at the opposite end, and to measure about 15' [4.6m] in length. The distance between their outer extremities is about 60' [18.3m], and thence to the centre of the concavity of the cairn 33' [10.1m]. The facing wall is visible on the S side towards the ESE end. A certain amount of quarrying has been done at both ends, and at no distant date, but there is no evidence of the excavation of the chamber or chambers.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 15 August 1910
OS 6” (1907) ‘Supposed Broughs’
