Saval
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Saval
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5055
Site Number NC50NE 8
NGR NC 5922 0837
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50NE 8 5922 0837
(NC 5922 0837) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)
The remains of a circular cairn with a diameter of about 80ft. It has been almost removed, but a ridge is left standing from 4-5ft high from NW-SE across the centre. Some details of the interior arrangement may be concealed in this fragment as no signs of a chamber are visible elsewhere.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
A much robbed cairn as described above, with no indication that it was chambered.
Visited by OS (W D J) 21 June 1963.
The remains of this cairn are as described above.
Visited by OS (N K B) 9 August 1976.
