Torran Dubh
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Torran Dubh
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 7369
Site Number NC96SE 46
NGR NC 9785 6467
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7369
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 46 9785 6467.
At NC 9785 6467 on the summit of Torran Dubh, a rocky rise in a field, is a stony mound 10.5m NW-SE by 9.0m transversely by 1.1m high. The SW and NE sectors have been partially quarried and in the latter living rock is visible; in the SSW on the line of the periphery is an earthfast slab 0.6m long by 0.5m high by 0.4m thick. There is a general turf cover but a content of small to medium rounded and angular stone is evident. This is possibly a cairn, particularly as the earthfast slab noted looks like a kerb stone. However, the living rock in the NE appears to intrude into the body of the mound, and field clearance cannot be ruled out.
Visited by OS (J M) 15 September 1981.