Sithean Buidhe
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Sithean Buidhe
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Shean Mor Brawlbin
Canmore ID 7657
Site Number ND05NE 4
NGR ND 0608 5753
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7657
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05NE 4 0608 5753
See also ND05NE 35.
(ND 0608 5753) Sithean Buidhe (NAT)
Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A chambered round cairn of the Orkney-Cromarty group, now a conspicuous grass-grown mound, steep-sided and flat-topped and apparently almost intact apart from the chamber roof which has collapsed. It is 55ft in diameter and 6ft high, and the entrance has been from the east, on which side two large passage lintels are exposed about 20ft from the edge, as are the passage walls, 3ft apart, of flat horizontally-laid slabs. To the west of the lintels, a transverse slab projects from the north side; its partner to the south was visible in 1910 (RCAHMS 1911). A short stretch of the south wall of the chamber, consisting of a few slightly oversailing courses, can also be seen.
A S Henshall 1963, visited 1956; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
A chambered cairn as described above, measuring 17.0m in diameter and 2.0m in height.
Visited by OS (J L D) 10 April 1962.
No change to the preceding field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 July 1981.
