Achscrabster
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achscrabster
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7911
Site Number ND06SE 2
NGR ND 0806 6307
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7911
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SE 2 0806 6307.
(ND 0806 6307) Site of (NAT), Cairn (NR)
A Stone Coffin containing Human Remains found here (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1876)
The name applies to a small natural eminence. A stone coffin was found about 1812 when a heap of stones on the summit was removed.
Name Book 1872.
(ND 0806 6307) Cairn (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
At the site is a low eminence adjacent to a stone quarry and cut by an old track. Some stone is exposed in the side of the cutting, otherwise there is no evidence of a cairn.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 September 1981.
