Ham
Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ham
Classification Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dun 010 And 011
Canmore ID 8887
Site Number ND27SW 13
NGR ND 2396 7371
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8887
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND27SW 13 2396 7371.
(ND 2399 7375 and ND 2395 7371) Tumuli (NR) (sites of)
OS 6" map, (1960)
A few yards north of Ham are the remains of what the people in the district call graveyards. They are more likely to be Norse grave mounds. Human bones are said to have been found in them. No reliable information can be obtained as to their original shape or of their interior formation as it is a great number of years since they were destroyed.
Name Book 1872.
These mounds have been reduced by ploughing and are visible only as slight mounds in the field.
C E Batey 1982.
(ND 2396 7371) Tumuli (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
All that can be seen on the ground are two indeterminate rises in a ploughed field behind the farmhouse at Ham.
Visited by OS (J M) 21 April 1982.
Field Visit (1872)
A few yards north of Ham are the remains of what the people in the district call graveyards. They are more likely to be Norse grave mounds. Human bones are said to have been found in them. No reliable information can be obtained as to their original shape or of their interior formation as it is a great number of years since they were destroyed.
Name Book 1872.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (21 April 1982)
All that can be seen on the ground are two indeterminate rises in a ploughed field behind the farmhouse at Ham.
Visited by OS (J M) 21 April 1982.
Field Visit (1982)
These mounds have been reduced by ploughing and are visible only as slight mounds in the field.
C E Batey 1982.
