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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Durness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

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.

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