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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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
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
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'