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Cnoc An Taillir, Stemster
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc An Taillir, Stemster
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc An Teillir
Canmore ID 8516
Site Number ND16SE 2
NGR ND 1545 6247
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8516
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16SE 2 1545 6247
(ND 1545 6247) Cnoc an Taillir (NR)
OS 6" Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
A small, conical hillock described as a 'Pictish house', but of which nothing is known.
Name Book 1872
Without excavation it is impossible to determine the nature or purpose of Cnoc an Taillir, which is visible as a grass-covered mound 18.5m in diameter by 1.0m high, set about half way up the N side of Sordale Hill. It has the appearance of a cairn.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 5 November 1965
(ND 1545 6247) Cnoc an Taillir (NR)
OS 25" map, (1968)
Cnoc an Teillir (NR) (misprint)
OS 6" map, (1970)
Cnoc an Taillir is a turf-covered cairn, situated on a change of slope in a NW-facing field. It measures 18.5 by 17.0m across and is 1.0m high viewed from the upper side.
Visited by OS (J M) 28 October 1981
Cairn, 'Cnoc an Taillir'. Dimensions: 28 x 26m. Grass-covered mound 1.75m high.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.
