Loedebest Wood
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loedebest Wood
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8205
Site Number ND13SW 13
NGR ND 139 317
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND13SW 13 139 317.
A: At ND 1394 3171 is a small cairn, some 5.0m in diameter and 0.6m high. A cist formed by three stone slabs is exposed in the centre.
B: At ND 1397 3174, cut by the road, a circular, turf-covered mound, approximately 13.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, composed of stone, is possibly a cairn.
Visited by OS (R L) 14 March 1968.
Cairn 'A' is as described. The cist is exposed to 0.9m long E-W by 0.4m wide and 0.2m deep. The cairn has an edging slab in the N.
Mound 'B' is also as described. It is unquestionably a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 17 August 1982.
