Dalmor
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dalmor
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6216
Site Number NC75NW 15
NGR NC 7177 5509
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6216
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75NW 15 7177 5509.
('A' NC 7177 55094 Cairns (NR) 'B': NC 7175 5510)
OS 6"map, (1964)
Two heavily-robbed cairns with short cists.
'A' is 13m in diameter and 1m high with a central cists complete with coverstone, and about 3m to the north, a cavity which suggests the former existence of a second cist. In February 1938 the cairn was being used as a quarry for road metal, and in subsequent sifting of the material which had been thrown out, most of a jet necklace and a jet button were recovered, and are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]. (Acc No. FN 176).
'B' has measured 13.4.m in diameter but its southern segment has been entirely destroyed. A single slab on edge near the centre denotes the position of a probable cist.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; R B K Stevenson 1939; Visited by OS (J L D)
3 May 1960.
The cairns are as described by the previous authorities except that the diameter of cairn 'B' appears to be 11.0m.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 5 December 1978.