Cnoc Chaornaidh
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc Chaornaidh
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4724
Site Number NC30NW 1
NGR NC 3013 0913
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC30NW 1 3013 0913.
(NC 30130913) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1967)
A large, turf-covered cairn with an overall diameter of 27m and maximum height of 4m on the east. On the NE side a ramp-like feature of earth and stone appears to overlie the base of the cairn. There is an excavation hollow in the summit of the cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (R D L) 5 April 1963; Information contained in letter from A J Boyd, Inverkirkaig to A S Henshall (National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) 30 June 1954.
The cairn set upon a small natural hillock is generally as described above. No kerb is visible but the cairn appears to have measured about 17.5m N to S by 15.0m.
R J Mercer 1980; Visited by OS (J B) 23 September 1976.
