Camore Wood
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Camore Wood
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Davochfin
Canmore ID 14614
Site Number NH78NE 1
NGR NH 7716 8970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NE 1 7716 8970
See also NH78NE 19.
(NH 7716 8970) Cairns (NR) - (Two shown) (includes also NH78NE 19)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A chambered round cairn probably of Orkney-Cromarty type, the remains of which are now planted over.
It has had a diameter of about 47' and survives to a maximum height of 5', much of the stone having been removed a little before RCAHMS's visit in 1909. Near the centre of the cairn is exposed the top of an upright slab lying east-west and measuring 3'9" long by 9" thick. At its SE corner is another now leaning set with axis north-south. Yet another slab also aligned north-south is visible just inside the south edge of the cairn.
These slabs suggest the presence of a chamber entered from the south side of the cairn.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; A S Henshall 1972.
