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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 649082
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/649082
NC45NE 9 4724 5770
(NC 4724 5770) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1961).
(Centred NC 4723 5778) Cairn with megalithic cist.
Information from Dr C S Sandeman, Durness 2 March 1959.
NC 4724 5770. On level ground on the E side of Loch Hope is a ruined round cairn, the W half of which has fallen into the loch exposing a cist. The cairn measures 7.5m in diameter by 0.8m in height, and is composed of large stones covered by turf and bracken. The cist, which has been robbed, comprises a cover-stone, two side stones and one (SW) end stone. It is orientated NE-SW and measures approximately 1.3m in length, 0.4m in width at the top by 0.6m at the bottom, and 0.7m in height.
Visited by OS (AC) 3 June 1959.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (JM) 12 October 1978.
