Norgate House
Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Site Name Norgate House
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 5979
Site Number NC70SW 24
NGR NC 7168 0281
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5979
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC70SW 24 7168 0281.
On 20th March 1867 a large tumulus was opened at Tordarroch (the 'Knoll of Oaks') about 1/2 mile above Pittenrail. It was about 25ft in diameter and 5ft high. It stood in a cultivated field, and its edges had been squared by the plough. It was composed principally of river-rolled stones. It contained a cist 2ft long.
L Tait 1870.
There is no evidence of a 'large tumulus' on Cnoc an Daraich, a natural knoll planted with oaks, measuring 42.0m N-S by 23.0m transversely, completely surrounded by a dry-stone wall. On the E side of a cultivated field at NC 7168 0281 there is a grass-covered mound of earth and river-rolled stones, 1.5m high, which is most probably the 'tumulus' referred to by Tait. It measures 13.0m N-S by 11.0m transversely and now appears almost square on plan. No trace of a cist could be found. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R B) 18 February 1966.
(NC 7168 0281) Cairn (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
The alleged cairn has been destroyed.
Visited by OS (J M) 19 May 1981.
Watching Brief (September 2010)
NC 6067 0575 – NH 7927 9880 Site visits and a watching brief were undertaken for pole replacement work carried out in September 2010. No features or finds of archaeological significance were recorded.
Information from J Wood - Highland Archaeology Services Ltd.
OASIS ID: highland4-87342
Field Visit (28 September 2010 - 29 September 2010)
The site visit confirmed the Ordnance Survey’s 1966 comments. There is a natural knoll planted with oaks, which has been accentuated by the addition of field clearance boulders which have been built into a rough drystone revetting wall. There is no indication of a cairn or former cist burial here.
Information from J Wood - Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
OASIS ID: highland4-87342
