Stain
Long Cist Cemetery (Early Medieval)
Site Name Stain
Classification Long Cist Cemetery (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Wic 116
Canmore ID 9354
Site Number ND36SW 5
NGR ND 3440 6025
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9354
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND36SW 5 3440 6025.
A long-cist cemetery occupying a 300 yd long sandy mound, and comparable with Ackergill (ND35SW 12) and other cemeteries of the pre-Viking Iron Age. (See also ND36SW 21)
S Laing 1866; Name Book 1872; National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) 1892; A J H Edwards 1926; P Ashmore 1981.
There is neither trace nor local knowledge of these cists.
Visited by OS 8 September 1965.
