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Dun Riaskidh
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Dun Riaskidh
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 5775
Site Number NC66SE 1
NGR NC 6876 6140
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC66SE 1 6876 6140.
(NC 6876 6140) Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1964)
A chambered round cairn, formerly thought to be a broch (RCAHMS 1911) and named 'Dun Riaskidh'. It lies on a narrow rock ridge overlooking the river and the bay and is a mass of angular stones 4ft high. The edge can be traced on the S and the indications are that it was about 57ft in diameter. The edge on the N is rather vague and may have been flattened in plan. On the E and W sides where there are steep drops, the stones have evidently spread downhill although on the E parts of a roughly built edging can be seen. Many large slabs lie about the site, probably mainly displaced corbels and roofing stones. Much of the chamber structure probably exists and a few visible orthostats are probably in situ. The entrance has probably been from the N.
Visited by OS (J L D) 24 April 1960.
RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1972.
No change to the preceeding report.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 17 August 1978.
Publication Account (2007)
NC66 1 DUN RIASKIDH ('Dun Richard')
NC/6876 6140
Once thought to be a possible broch this chambered cairn in Tongue, Suther-land, consists of an apparently structureless heap of stones about half a mile from the river Borgie and on the west side of Druim a' Chleib.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NC 66 SE 1: 2. RCAHMS 1911a, 184, no. 529: 3. Horsburgh 1867, 275.
E W MacKie 2007
