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St John's Loch, Killi Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St John's Loch, Killi Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8894
Site Number ND27SW 2
NGR ND 2217 7266
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8894
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND27SW 2 2217 7266
(ND 2217 7266) Killi Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
Killi Cairn is a small cairn whose remains measure some 21ft in diameter and 2 to 3ft high. It appears to have been excavated, and from the centre rises a single upright slab 2ft 2ins in height above ground by 3ft 4ins in breadth, which may have formed part of a cist.
RCAHMS 1911.
This grass-covered cairn is as described above; the single upright slab still remains in its centre.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D), 26 February 1965.
A circular, grass-covered mound, 5m in diameter and 1.5m high, with an upright slab 0.6m high, possibly part of a cist, on top. Other stones are visible.
R J Mercer 1981.
Killi Cairn is as described by the previous authorities. The upright slab in the centre is possibly the displaced capstone of a cist.
Visited by OS (N K B), 19 May 1982.
