Achany
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Achany
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 5088
Site Number NC50SE 26
NGR NC 5710 0200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC50SE 26 5710 0200.
(NC 5710 0200) Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)
A chambered Cairn of the Orkney-Cromarty type with a rectangular chamber. The cairn, which has been partially removed, is composed of large, water-worn pebbles and is covered with turf. When the site was visited a tree had been recently uprooted between the two sets of stones near the northern perimeter, and showed cairn material. There was no sign of a passage.
The dimensions of the cairn are about 80ft by 65ft with the chamber oriented along the main axis which lies NNE-SSW.
RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963.
The remains of this cairn are generally as described above. The cairn is 22.0m NNE-SSW by 19.7m ESE-WNW and its maximum height is 1.5m.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D L) 28 June 1963.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 September 1976.
