Boath, Short

NH57SE 3 5833 7395

See also NH57SE 1 and NH57SE 2.

(NH 5833 7395) Stone Cist containing Human Remains found AD 1863 {NAT}

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., (1907)

Short horned cairn with a polygonal chamber. Only about 600 ft NE of the long cairn (NH57SE 2) on top of a slight rise in the same field. The centre is virtually undisturbed, roughly circular, of bare stones and still stands to a height of about 10 ft. The edges are relatively low and flat, turf-covered, and give the appearance of a substantial platform from which the central portion covering the chamber rises. Although the edges have been somewhat robbed in places, it seems probable that the present form of the cairn is original, and the outline is still fairly clear. The passage is not visible on the surface and from the chamber it can be seen to be blocked with rubble. The OS 6" records 'stone cist containing human bones found here AD 1863'.

W L W Brown 1910; A A Woodham 1956; A S Henshall 1963.

The remains of this short horned cairn are fully described by Henshall. It measures about 30m E-W by 46m N-S; the large polygonal chamber measures about 3.3m E.W by 2.0m N.S, and is 2.1m deep to the top of the rubble debris which partially fills it.

Re-surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (W D J) 4 May 1963.

Chambered Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1970)

The cairn is as described above. It measures E-W approximately 38.0m to the horn extremities by approximately 34.0m at the W end expanding to 46.0m across the horns at the E end.

Visited by OS (J B) 19 November 1976.