Knockan
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Knockan
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Burnside
Canmore ID 4637
Site Number NC21SW 12
NGR NC 20425 10400
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4637
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SW 12 2043 1042.
At NC 2043 1042 is a chambered cairn surviving as a pillaged and partially overgrown mound of debris 17.5m E-W by 15.0m and 1.5m maximum height. Just W of the centre is a triangular-shaped slab 1.0m high by 0.3m thick, with another 1.5m to the S just protruding through the turf. Both slabs are facing roughly N and S and are undoubtedly part of a chamber of uncertain plan.
Surveyed at 1/10,560.
Visited by OS (J M) 15 July 1974.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 2 September 1980.
Field Visit (25 November 2009)
Situated on a terrace between the road and the river is a grass and moss covered mound with stones visible in places. The cairn is 12m by 9m, standing to 2m in height and aligned NE-SW. Three large, vertically set stones protrude from the top and are possibly remnants of a cist-type structure. The mound has suffered from rabbit burrowing on its west side making it uneven and pitted, in plan it is an irregular oval.
(HLP_no 108)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
