Glacbain
Cist (Period Unassigned), Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Glacbain
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Glacbain Cairn
Canmore ID 4644
Site Number NC21SW 4
NGR NC 22311 12011
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4644
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SW 4 2231 1201
NC 2231 1201. A small cairn, 5.0m in diameter and 0.3m high, at the N end of a knoll, has almost been cleared. The stone kerb is of irregular stones set on edge. Within, is a cist, 3 ft long by 0.4m deep, with the cover stone, now broken, lying beside it.
Visited by OS (F R H), 5 June 1962.
This cairn, partially turf-covered, is on a prominent spur on the N side of a hill summit. There is an angular look to the kerb setting, particularly in the S where the blocks, undoubtedly in situ, form a straight edge. The cairn measures 4.1m across E-W; an accurate transverse measurement is not possible due to depletion of the NW quarter but would certainly appear to have been greater. The cist measures 1.1m long by 0.5m by 0.4m deep; the cap stone, broken, lies displaced across the cist.
Revised at 1:10560.
Visited by OS (J M), 29 July 1980.
Field Visit (26 November 2009)
This cairn consists of a small, sub-rounded cairn located on top of a small hill some distance from the road. Some angular/sub-angular kerb stones on the outer edge survive to between 0.4-0.7m high, but most of the rest of the cairn structure has been lost. A cist remains in the centre of the cairn c.1.1m x 0.5m, aligned NW-SE, but the capstones have been broken and the cist has been heavily disturbed. No obvious re-use or phasing is apparent. The site lies about 25m further up the steep hill than the previously quoted NGR.
(HLP_no 19)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
