Reay
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Reay
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7362
Site Number NC96SE 4
NGR NC 9745 6470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 4 9745 6470.
(NC 9746 6470) Mound (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The remains of a possible cairn, about 50ft in diameter.
RCAHMS 1911.
The remains of a large grass-covered cairn, 1.5m high and 24.0m E-W by 18.0m transversely, have been hollowed out in the top and mutilated by minor quarrying in the N periphery.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 23 November 1964.
(NC 9745 6470) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A turf-covered, flat-topped cairn, reduced to 22.0m in diameter and 0.8m high, otherwise as described.
Visited by OS (J M) 15 July 1981.