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Glen Oykel
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Glen Oykel
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 4742
Site Number NC30NW 7
NGR NC 3158 0887
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC30NW 7 3158 0887.
(NC 3156 0888) On the edge of a promontory at 500 ft OD are the fragmentary remains of a chambered cairn. A small cairn 0.8m by 6.5m is in evidence, but it appears that much of the promontory is artificial, and several large orthostats are noted lying about 5.0m to the west.
J H Howell 1976 (see archive).
NC 3158 0887. On the SE end of a low narrow spur and extending down the end-slope, is a turf-covered mound of stones, approximately 11.0m in diameter and 0.8m high with a flattened profile; the base of the mound merges with the natural slopes. The content, where visible, is of loose stones, primarily of 'cairn-like' proportions, though some larger stones protrude. The 'several large orthostats' noted by Howell are a result of natural deposit; there are many such stones in the area. This is not a chambered cairn; it may be a natural accumulation, but if, as seems more likely, it is man-made, it may be an unchambered cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 June 1980.
