Archaeology Notes

Event ID 644464

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HY41SE 1 4834 1382.

Chambered Cairn (Horned), Work: It occupies the highest part of the ground, and appears now as merely a grass-grown ridge 153 ft long and over 40 ft wide, with its major axis running E and W. At its east end the mound rises about 11 ft 9 ins above the general level. On the summit there is a cavity containing slabs set on edge, but it is uncertain whether or not this is the top of a ruined chamber. At each extremity there are obvious traces of lateral projections or horns....No statement can be made regarding the character of the chamber. To the west of the cavity already referred to, stones appearing above the turf indicate a built wall which may or may not be part of the original structure.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 19 July 1928 and 29 June 1935.

Orkney-Cromarty, long, horned.

A S Henshall 1963.

HY 48351382. This cairn is grass-covered, but traces of stone slabs can be seen at the east end. It is 2.0m high at the east, tapering to 0.9m high at the west.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (NKB) 5 April 1964.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (AA) 20 May 1973.

Scheduled as Head of Work, long cairn.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 December 1992.