Hill Of Shebster
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hill Of Shebster
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7980
Site Number ND06SW 6
NGR ND 0147 6444
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 6 0147 6444.
(ND 0147 6444) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
The turf-covered, indefinite, circular construction at the SE end of the Hill of Shebster has a diameter of 58ft and a height of 4ft.
RCAHMS 1911.
This circular, grass-covered, flat-topped mound survives to a maximum height of 1.4m and is 20.0m in diameter. It appears to consist mainly of small rubble stones and is probably a cairn.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 November 1964.
The remains of a cairn, as described above.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 September 1981.
