Skelpick Lodge
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Skelpick Lodge
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Skelpick, South
Canmore ID 6211
Site Number NC75NW 10
NGR NC 7249 5605
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75NW 10 7249 5605.
(NC 7249 5605) Horned Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1964)
A short, horned cairn of bare stone, situated in rough grazing on a terrace above the valley floor. The body of the cairn is about 8ft high and 43ft in diameter. Although it has been robbed and disturbed, and is now crossed by a wall and fence. No structure is visible within the cairn and the chamber may well be intact. The horns are well-defined, radiating to approximately the cardinal points.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; A S Henshall 1963.
A short horned cairn as described.
Visited by OS (J L D) 2 May 1960.
No change to previous reports.
Visited by OS (J B) 1 August 1977.
