West Shebster
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Shebster
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7935
Site Number ND06SW 1
NGR ND 0056 6336
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 1 0056 6336.
(ND 0056 6336) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The remains of this possible cairn, original diameter about 54ft, are now a heap of small stones rising from the centre of the foundations of a larger construction.
RCAHMS 1911.
This greatly mutilated cairn, composed of small stones, is 2.3m high and about 25.0m in diameter. In the NW and SE, foundations of buildings which have been built into the cairn can be seen.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 November 1964.
This cairn is as described and illustrated by the previous field investigator. There is no indication of a chamber or cist.
Visited by OS (J B) 29 November 1981.
