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.