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The Sian
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name The Sian
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc Freiceadain; Achiebraeskiall
Canmore ID 7833
Site Number ND06NW 12
NGR ND 0159 6516
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06NW 12 0159 6516.
(ND 0161 6516) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
This grassy hillock, which appears to be a cairn, is 81ft in diameter and from 6ft to 8ft in height. There is no sign of any excavation. RCAHMS 1911.
This grass-covered mound, 2.0m maximum height, has been mutilated in the N and W by excavation, and in the SE by the extension of a garden, where small rubble stones have been unearthed. Its regular shape suggests a burial cairn.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 November 1964.
(ND 0159 6516) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1969)
This cairn is as described by the previous authorities. According to Mr Shields (T Shields, Forest Cottage, Shebster), the occupier of the adjacent house, a short section of a wall face or kerb was exposed while digging a drain in the SE edge of the cairn. It was subsequently filled in and no details are remembered.
Visited by OS (J B) 10 September 1981.
