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Netherside, Trothanmas Hillock
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Netherside, Trothanmas Hillock
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8385
Site Number ND16NE 13
NGR ND 1929 6637
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NE 13 1929 6637.
(ND 1929 6637) Trothanmas Hillock (NAT) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1970)
Cairn, Trothanmas Hillock: Now a grassy hillock, it measures some 70ft in diameter and 5ft in height. About fifty years ago a stone cist was discovered near its summit and was covered up again without any detailed observations being made.
RCAHMS 1911
Trothanmas Hillock, a grass-covered cairn situated on a slight eminence, measures 20.0m in diameter and 1.4m maximum height. A drystone wall encroaches on the SE segment.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 December 1965
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 16 November 1981
Cairn, 'Trothanmas Hillock'. Diameter: 30m. Partially grass-covered mound 2.5m high, mainly composed of sand and clay containing small stones and boulders. Badly eroded by rig-and-furrow and modern disturbance.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
