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Strath Sgitheach
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Strath Sgitheach
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 12947
Site Number NH56SW 35
NGR NH 5236 6397
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12947
- Council Highland
- Parish Dingwall
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SW 35 5236 6397
A substantial kerbed cairn is located on slightly sloping ground. This large mound of stones is approximately circular c. 15.5m in diameter. Along most of the perimeter large boulders retain the smaller stones of the body of the cairn. The cairn has been heavily robbed and now stands no more than 1.5m high. Projecting from the E side is a line of several boulders 2.0m long, which may simply be the result of modern disturbances. It is apparently unexcavated and has no immediate neighbours.
Visited June 1989.
Information from S T Driscoll and S M Foster (Mss, 6-7, No. 7.1.) 1989.
Project (June 1989)
Pre-afforestation archaeological survey undertaken in Strath Sgitheach, funded by HBM SDD.
S T Driscoll and S M Foster, 1989.
