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Achanarras, The Shean

Cairn (Bronze Age)

Site Name Achanarras, The Shean

Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 8304

Site Number ND15NW 14

NGR ND 14539 55257

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

ND15NW 14 1454 5525

(ND 1454 5525) The Shean (NAT) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1970)

The Shean (? correctly 'Sithean') is a cairn some 30ft in diameter and 3ft in height. A slight depression on the top suggests that it may have been excavated.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910

The Shean, a cairn as described by the RCAHMS except that it now measuress 12.0m in diameter.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 11 November 1965

No change to the previous field report.

Visited by OS (J B) 15 February 1982

Cairn, 'The Shean', Achanarras. Dimensions: 15.5 x 12.5m. Subcircular, grass-covered mound with a central depression 2 x 2.25m.

R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

Activities

Field Visit (20 June 1910)

'The Shean'. At the N end of Achanarras Hill at an elevation of about 300', and some 600yds W by N of Achannaras farm is a small cairn. It measures some 30' in diameter and 3' in elevation. A slight depression on the top suggests that it may have been excavated.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 20 June 1910

OS 6" map (1907) 'Pict's House'

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