Sarsgrum
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sarsgrum
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4846
Site Number NC36SE 7
NGR NC 3792 6435
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC36SE 7 3792 6435
(NC 3792 6435) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1961).
The remains of a large cairn about 50ft in diameter. Most of it has been removed, exposing a cist lying N-S and consisting of a covering slab, 4ft 10ins long by 3ft 4ins broad and 8ins thick, supported on three upright slabs, a fourth at the S end having fallen.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
An overgrown cairn as described by the RCAHMS and measuring 16m in diameter and 2m high.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 8 June 1960.
This cairn, with cist exposed, is as described by the previous authorities.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM), 8 November 1978.
