Garbh Ath Chaoruinn
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Garbh Ath Chaoruinn
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Benmore Forest
Canmore ID 4741
Site Number NC30NW 6
NGR NC 3170 0853
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC30NW 6 3170 0853.
(NC 3175 0859) Some 50.0m from the River Oykel at 430 ft OD is a robbed chambered cairn. It measures 19.0m NW-SE by 16.5m transversely with a distinct horned facade. The NE and SE sides of the cairn have been robbed producing the illusion of a tail extending to the east, but it seems more likely that it is heel-shaped on plan. The chamber is marked by the tops of several orthostats indicating a polygonal chamber 3.75m by 2.75m. To the E of the chamber a stone 2.70m by about 0.75m wide appears to be a displaced capstone. The entrance is probably from the SW but no passage can be seen. A bank of cairn material surrounds the area of the chamber.
J H Howell 1976 (see archive)
NC 3170 0853. A chambered cairn as described and planned by the previous authority.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 June 1980.
