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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 649817
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/649817
NC64SE 27 c. 68 43
See also NC64SE 17.
From twenty to thirty tumuli lie on the hillside above Syre, about half a mile from the house (at NC 6926 4389 - (OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., 1865). In the centre of one, which had been opened for building-stones, were two slabs set on edge forming a right angle, probably part of a cist, the other stones of which had been removed.
J M Joass 1865.
The hillside above Syre is covered with field clearance heaps, and the specific mound was not located during investigation (c/f NC55SE 9 for a comparable cist in a clearance heap).
Visited by OS (J L D) 7 May 1960.
No change to previous field report; but see NC64SE 17.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 August 1978.
