Cnoc Spardain
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc Spardain
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7527
Site Number ND02SE 12
NGR ND 0810 2290
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7527
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND02SE 12 0810 2290.
ND 0810 2290. A large mound of bare stones, 15.0m in diameter and about 2.0m high. The cairn is mutilated by several small excavations and a passage has been made into it on the S side to form a shooting butt. No chamber or cist is visible, but the cairn is undoubtedly sepulchral.
Visited by OS (W D J) 14 June 1960.
(ND 0810 2290) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1960)
This cairn is as described by the previous field investigator. Immediately below the cairn, covering about a hectare, are approximately a dozen stone clearance heaps of the type commonly associated with hut circles.
Visited by OS (J B) 3 September 1982.
