Brackside
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brackside
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7368
Site Number NC96SE 45
NGR NC 9511 6436
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 45 9511 6436.
At NC 9511 6436, on a N-facing slope, is a heather and turf-covered cairn, 9.5m in diameter and 0.6m high. One or two earthfast stones on the line of the periphery are probably kerb stones. In the disturbed centre, the side-slab of a cist, 1.1m long and aligned E-W, protrudes
to 0.1m.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J M) 19 August 1981.
This cairn, noted during a pre-afforestation survey of Sandside Estate, measures 9.5m in diameter and stands up to 0.6m in height. A side-slab of a cist is visible in the centre.
C Dagg 13 October 1998; NMRS MS 1008/3, no.9
