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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 652876
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/652876
ND06NE 3 0714 6771.
(ND 0714 6771) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
Nothing worthy of note was found when this cairn, of which hardly a trace remains, was cut through by a road.
Name Book 1872; RCAHMS 1911.
This cairn has been destroyed on the SW by the construction of a road, and on the NE by ploughing. All that remains is a grass-covered ridge, 1.0m maximum height and 2.0m maximum width, containing many rubble stones.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 4 November 1964.
(ND 0714 6771) Cairn (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1969)
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 August 1981.
'Burnt mound'. Trackway cutting reveals a section containing burnt and organically stained material. 14 by 7m and 1m high.
R J Mercer 1981.
