Cuckoo Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cuckoo Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8802
Site Number ND25SW 5
NGR ND 2357 5277
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SW 5 2357 5277
(ND 2357 5277) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
This grass-covered cairn, standing on the summit of a ridge, measures 30 to 32ft in diameter and 3 1/2 to 4ft in height. It was opened by Sir Francis Tress Barry, but nothing was found.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910
A cairn, as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 October 1965
No change to the previous reports.
Visited by OS (J M) 11 March 1982
Mound, Scouthal Cairn. Diameter: 10m. Grass-covered mound clearly visible against the skyline but with no evident structural detail.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
