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Grudie

Cist (Prehistoric)

Site Name Grudie

Classification Cist (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 5911

Site Number NC70NW 7

NGR NC 7370 0906

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC70NW 7 7370 0906.

(NC 7370 0906) Cist (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1970)

A cist, 3ft 8ins long, 2ft wide and 1ft 10ins deep, formed of four flat slabs, is exposed between two great, earth-fast boulders about 8ft apart, the longer of which is 15ft long. The cist does not appear to have been covered by a cairn.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.

A cist as described by the RCAHMS.

Visited by OS (W D J) 15 April 1964.

The cist is as described. It is set into the top of a slight rise in the sides of which protrude three massive boulder-erratics to partially enclose the cist.

Visited by OS (J M) 31 August 1981.

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