Little Rock
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Little Rock
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7366
Site Number NC96SE 43
NGR NC 9771 6349
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 43 9771 6349.
At NC 9771 6349, on a slight change of slope on a S-facing rise, is a prominent mound of stones 4.5m in diameter by 0.4m high. It is turf-covered and whin-overgrown, and has been disturbed to show its content of rounded stones. No other features are noted. It could be a burial cairn or equally a clearance heap.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 August 1981.
Although visited during a pre-afforestation survey of Sandside Estate, there are no specific references to this site in the report.
C Dagg 13 October 1998; NMRS MS 1008/3