Methow Hillock
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Methow Hillock
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8425
Site Number ND16NE 8
NGR ND 1618 6992
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NE 8 1618 6992
(ND 1618 6992) Methow Hillock (NR)
OS 6" map, (1970)
The large grassy mound known as 'Methow Hillock' has an elevation of 10 or 11ft and a diameter of 120ft, but it has been under cultivation and ploughed down to some extent. Beyond being artificial its character is quite indefinite.
Name Book 1872; RCAHMS 1911.
Methow Hillock, is now a circular, grass-covered mound 1.8m high ad 34.0m in diameter on a slight eminence some 100m from the shore. A few stone slabs protrude through the surface, but insufficient evidence remains to allow classification. The name is still known locally.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B), 16 February 1965.
Methow Hillock, as described above, is probably an unopened burial cairn.
Visited by OS (J B), 7 December 1981.
