Ussie
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Ussie
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Whiteleys
Canmore ID 12822
Site Number NH55NW 9
NGR NH 53042 56507
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Fodderty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55NW 9 5304 5650.
(NH 53045650) Stone Circle (OE) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, (1938)
Ussie: On the crest, but not the summit, of a ridge stand a confused cluster of megalithic uprights within a disturbed and much denuded cairn.
V G Childe 1944.
Orkney-Cromarty; polygonal. The cairn is so denuded now, that it is impossible to estimate its original size and and form. Seven stones of the chamber remain more or less in position; but it is difficult to interpret the remains. Other large slabs lie about the site.
A S Henshall 1963.
As described above. One large stone at NH 53045650, has seven distinct cup marks on it.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 January 1963.
No change.
Visited by RCAMS March 1979.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Ussie (ROS 38) NH 530 565 NH55NW 9
The mound of this Orkney-Cromarty Cairn has been almost entirely removed, but the remains of what has probably been a polygonal chamber are still visible.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Henshall 1963-72, i, 356)