Shurrery Church
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Shurrery Church
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Monadh Nan Carn; Shurrery
Canmore ID 7727
Site Number ND05NW 4
NGR ND 0488 5874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7727
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05NW 4 0488 5874.
(ND 0488 5874) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The remains of this Orkney-Cromarty type round cairn are about 6ft high, 115ft NNE-SSW and 120ft transversely; it may have been longer. The cairn is crossed by two walls. S of the southern wall the rise is barely perceptible. Between the walls, little is visible above the rough turf. The N end has been greatly reduced round the edges and faced with a retaining wall, while field stones have been added to the top. The remains of a probable stalled chamber, 40ft long, are visible to the E of the apparent centre of the cairn, and stones protruding from the cairn may be the remains of a second chamber.
A S Henshall 1963.
The mutilated remains of this round cairn measure about 35.0m in diameter by 2.1m high. To the S of each of the walls which cross it, the cairn survives as a grass-covered mound. N of the northern wall, more details can be seen. The main body of the cairn is within a retaining wall, and in the E five slabs are set on edge forming four stalls. The original perimeter of the cairn cannot be traced.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 17 November 1964.
(ND 0488 5874) Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
The chambered cairn is as described and planned by the previous authorities. A very low spread of rubble E of the chamber appears to be cairn material.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 21 July 1981.