Archaeology Notes

Event ID 661979

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH65SW 3 6283 5473.

(NH 6283 5473) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

This is a round cairn with a large Orkney-Cromarty type rectangular chamber of particularly massive slabs.

The cairn has been almost completely removed, leaving a low bank which defines the edge, except in front of the chamber. The surviving stones range from 1'3" to 7' high.

A S Henshall 1963.

A chambered cairn, as described by Henshall. The outer limits measure 26.0m E to W by 28.0m transversely.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R B) 16 March 1966.