Bilbster
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Bilbster
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Bylbster Bridge
Canmore ID 8759
Site Number ND25SE 10
NGR ND 2695 5472
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8759
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SE 10 2695 5472.
(ND 2695 5472) Chambered Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
An oval, Orkney-Cromarty type chambered cairn with a Camster-type chamber. It is now grass-grown with an indefinite edge, but appears to have measured about 70ft N-S by 55ft transversely. There appear to have been two chambers. The chamber to the N of the mound is represented by four upright stones and one prostrate stone, with entrance from the ESE. A group of upright stones marks the position of the second chamber at the S side of the cairn, with entrance from the SSE.
RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963.
This chambered cairn appears as a mutilated, oval, turf-covered mound, 1.7m high. It is as described and planned by A S Henshall.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1963.
A chambered cairn as described and planned above.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 April 1982
Chambered cairn, Bylbster Bridge. Dimensions: 25 x 20m. Subcircular grass-covered mound 1.6m high containing numerous internal depressions.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.
