Borgie
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Borgie
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 5743
Site Number NC65NE 5
NGR NC 6737 5940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5743
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC65NE 5 6737 5940.
At NC 6737 5940 situated prominently on the S side of a rocky out-crop is a severely robbed, chambered cairn. It is about 15.0m in diameter, with a maximum height of 0.6m in the centre; elsewhere the cairn is reduced to a stony rim and scattered stones. In the centre a chamber is indicated by two opposing earthfast boulders 1.1m apart and protruding up to 0.6m through the cairn material.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 16 September 1977.
