Newton Point
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newton Point
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14678
Site Number NH78NW 8
NGR NH 7113 8776
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NW 8 7113 8776.
(NH 7113 8776) Cairn (NR) (rems of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)
A large tumulus, mostly of earth. It has never been explored, but has been partly destroyed, "but to no great extent at present".
Name Book 1874.
A cairn which has been excavated and almost completely carted away for road metal.
RCAHMS 1911.
Situated on a raised beach at Newton Point are the remains of a turf and whin-covered cairn 12.0m in diameter. The interior has been robbed to ground level and all that remains is a penannular rim up to 3.5m wide and 0.5m high. The content where exposed is of beach stones.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 October 1969 and 10 December 1980.
Field Visit (14 July 1909)
77. Cairns, Coille Poll na h-Airde.
[NH78NW 5] Some 300 yards S. of Redhouse, and almost entirely overgrown with whins, are the remains of a cairn which appears to have been circular, with a diameter of about 57'. The interior and E. side at some remote period have been entirely removed.
[NH78NW 8] The cairn at the Newton Point has been excavated and almost completely carted away for road metal.
OS Map, Sutherland, sheet cxii.
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 14th July 1909.
