Achork
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achork
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 126333
Site Number NC70SW 42.02
NGR NC 7478 0482
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/126333
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (18 May 1995)
NC70SW 42.02 7478 0482
This cairn is situated on a low knoll in a patch of recently burnt-off heather within a scatter of small cairns (NC70SW 42.01). It measures 5.5m in diameter over a nearly complete circuit of kerb stones, with the body of the cairn standing to 0.4m in height. Boulders standing up to 1.2m in height form part of the kerb on the WSW and SSE and may indicate the original height of the cairn.
(ROG95 339)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 18 May 1995
Measured Survey (18 May 1995)
RCAHMS surveyed the cairn at Achork with plane-table and alidade on 18 May 1995 at a scale of 1:100. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:200.
