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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Watten
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

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

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