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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 653662

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/653662

ND06NW 5 0079 6604.

(ND 0079 6604). Brough (NR)

OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

The short, horned, chambered cairn of the Orkney-Cromarty group at Upper Dounreay measures about 55ft across and has horns projecting towards the cardinal points, giving a dia- meter from tip to tip across the cairn of about 90ft. The top of the cairn has been removed, leaving a present height of 4 to 5ft, and four stones of the chamber are visible. Two sides of a short cist can be seen on the S horn.

RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963.

(ND 0079 6604) Chambered Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1969)

No change to the previous field report.

Visited by OS (J B) 7 September 1981.

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